Phoenix - Antje Duvekot

I am your daughter carved out of your stone

I’m the seed that you dropped I’m the marrow of your bone

And I am the one who asked no questions

Designed to love you unconditional

I sprouted my shoots and I waited for your hands

And I laid down my roots but the summer came and went

And I looked to the sun, longed to feel your touch

But you knew nothing of unconditional love

And I rose up like a phoenix rose up from your ash

You just turned your back and I’ll never understand

Though I had no armor you just let me go

Into the night to battle with your ghosts

If I could go back there I’d be my own angel

She won’t buy you a mockingbird, she’s incapable

So hush little baby and close your tired eyes

There are no answers so hush now hushabye

And I rose up like a phoenix rose up from your ash

You just turned your back and I’ll never understand

Though I had no armor you just let me go

Into the night to battle with your ghosts

So I gathered up my sorrows and I took them on my tongue

And sang them 'til the morning When the sun came in so strong

I sang them 'til the daybreak and that’s how I became strong