Phoenix

Wearing a helmet but I’m breaking my teeth
Picking roses on a battlefield
My body armoured but I’m breaking my bones
Can’t reach the stars without leaving home

I’d blow up the Moon just to turn the tide
What’s good being king if you need to hide
Hiding from myself or hiding from you
Only God knows what I should do

On every corner I see Jesus’ face
Yet nobody knows and nobody cares
We’ve been dying all along
The phoenix rises while we die alone

Like a phoenix I will rise again

Every morning I find myself
Reinventing the dream that keeps me alive
A ‘tall tale’ story for my heart to beat
So nobody knows my big defeat

Like a phoenix I will rise again