Out Of The Ashes

(album: Spark Of Light - 2023)

All the ghostly streets are bare
The boarded windows scream despair
And I walk on
There used to be a city here
When hope was full and dreams were clear
But now they're gone

Through rusted memories
Our sleepless eyes see
Night surrender into the dawn

Out of the ashes comes a new fire
Turning the darkness into a burning sun
Out of the ashes, wings headed skyward
I will rise like a bullet that's flying
From Heaven's gun
Heaven's gun

Iron hands of trusted kings
Have stolen almost everything
And called it even
Deep in my own conquered heart
Tomorrow is a work of art
I still believe it

They didn't kill me
Someday it will be
My turn at the top of the world

Out of the ashes comes a new fire
Turning the darkness into a burning sun
Out of the ashes, wings headed skyward
I will rise like a bullet that's flying
From Heaven's gun

It's not about destiny
It's not about fate
It's all about courage
And refusing to break
It's all about living up
All about not giving up
Would you walk through hell to find yourself?
You can hold your head up while this world goes down in flames

Out of the ashes comes a new fire
Turning the darkness into a burning sun
Out of the ashes, wings headed skyward
We will rise like a bullet that's flying
From Heaven's gun

It's not about destiny
It's not about fate
From Heaven's gun
It's all about courage and refusing to break
Out of the ashes
It's all about living up
All about not giving up
We will rise like a bullet that's flying
From Heaven's gun

It's not about destiny
It's not about fate
It's all about courage and refusing to break
It's all about living up
All about not giving up
We will rise like a bullet that's flying
From Heaven's gun

Written by:
John Bettis, Josh Crosby, Michael Bolton, Robert Marvin