[Intro]
F F Bb Bb
[Verse 1]
F
Ten years
F
And twenty-seven dresses
Dm Bb
A calico kaleidoscope, scraps of her story sewn together
F
Grandma made that suit of armor and I laid it on my bed
Dm
Just a quilt that no one noticed, but I did
Bb
Just a memory, a piece of me that meant everything
F
Just things
[Chorus]
F Gm7
When does a phoenix learn how to fly?
Dm7 Bb
Do I get my wings when I stop asking why?
Bb
How do I start moving on and moving past
Gm7
Stop holding on, looking back
Dm7 Bb
When God's hell bent on making me a fighter?
F Gm7 Dm7 Bb
Forged in the fire, wo-oh-oh, wo-oh-oh
[Verse 2]
F
Three days
F
Seven pairs of hands
Dm Bb Dm
It took searching for something more for me to understand
Bb
That anything and everything, even the kitchen sink
F
It's just things
[Chorus]
F Gm7
When does a phoenix learn how to fly?
Dm7 Bb
Do I get my wings when I stop asking why?
F
How do I start moving on and moving past
Gm7
Stop holding on, looking back
Dm7 Bb
When God's hell bent on making me a fighter?
F Gm7 Dm7 Bb
Forged in the fire
F Gm7 Dm7 B
Forged in the fire, wo-oh-oh, wo-oh-oh
[Bridge]
F
But am I glass or am I iron?
Cm7
Will I last or will I tire?
Bb F
Can broken be beautiful again?
F
Am I glass or am I iron?
Cm7
Will I shatter or rise higher
Bb
From the ashes I've been burried in?
[Chorus]
F Gm7
When does a phoenix learn how to fly?
Dm7 Bb
Do I get my wings when I stop asking why?
F
How do I start moving on and moving past
Gm7
Stop holding on and looking back
Dm7 Bb
When God's hell bent on making me a fighter?
F Gm7 Dm7 B
Forged in the fire
F Gm7 Dm7 B
Forged in the fire, wo-oh-oh, wo-oh-oh
[Outro]
F
New house
Still smells like smoke
Bb
A clean slate and stories just waiting to be told
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