The world went dark
When you shut that screen door
Left me staring at the shadows
On a cold and empty floor
The heat was suffocating
A fever in the night
Watching every dream we built
Just go up in a light
They say what doesn't kill you
Only leaves a nasty mark
But I was busy drowning
In a sea of gasoline and spark
I let the flames take the curtains
And the photos in the hall
Until there was nothing left
But the writing on the wall
But I was forged in the fire
Tempered in the heat
I'm a brand new man rising
From the ashes of defeat
You can't break the iron
Once it's been through the coals
I'm the toughest kind of spirit
I'm the strongest kind of soul
The heartbreak was the furnace
The pain was the tool
And I'm coming out a weapon
No longer nobody's fool
Yeah I'm shining like a blade
Higher and higher
Forged in the fire
The man I used to be
Withered and scattered in the wind
Along with all the mercy
And the places where I sinned
You thought you left a victim
Someone fragile, someone small
But you only stripped the timber
Till I was nothing but the gall
There's a glow beneath my skin
That the darkness can't contain
A power that was born inside
The pressure and the strain
So thank you for the match
And thank you for the lie
Because I never knew that I could burn
And never truly die
Cause I was forged in the fire
Tempered in the heat
I'm a brand new man rising
From the ashes of defeat
You can't break the iron
Once it's been through the coals
I'm the toughest kind of spirit
I'm the strongest kind of soul
The heartbreak was the furnace
The pain was the tool
And I'm coming out a weapon
No longer nobody's fool
Yeah I'm shining like a blade
Higher and higher
Forged in the fire
Let it burn
It only makes me stronger
I can't stand it longer
Let it burn
You gave me the strength
You gave me the edge
I'm jumping off the ledge
Into the light
Yeah I was forged in the fire
Tempered in the heat
I'm a brand new man rising
From the ashes of defeat
You can't break the iron
Once it's been through the coals
I'm the toughest kind of spirit
I'm the strongest kind of soul
The heartbreak was the furnace
The pain was the tool
And I'm coming out a weapon
No longer nobody's fool
Yeah I'm shining like a blade
Higher and higher
Forged in the fire
This rock is clear
Still standing there
Forged in the fire
Fire
Fire
Fire
