APEXTEND — Crown Of Echoes [Cinematic Hip-Hop]

APEXTEND — Crown Of Echoes Lyrics: Smoke in the rafters Gold on the stage Heartbeat hammering We step from the cage I came from a room with a thin door Cold spoon, thick air, cracked floor Every scar that I wear is a passport Stamped in the dark, now I storm the courts I was raised where the sun hit sideways Learned how to turn every loss to a highway Carved my name in the frost on a long night Swore that my kids only know about the good life I was told "little girl, stay quiet" Till I turned every "shhh" to a riot Got shame in a box that I padlocked Threw the key in a well, hear the chains drop Got a spine made of steel and soft rain I can cry while I fight through the deep pain Now my voice shake halls like a storm front You can feel every truth when the words punch This is our crown of echoes Built from the cracks and echoes Every bruise, every flame we swallowed Rise when the ground says "settle" This is our crown of echoes Heavy but our heads stay level If the sky falls down, we'll catch those Stones, turn them into medals You ever pray with your hands still dirty? Whisper hope when your throat feels burning? I've been broke, been bent, but I kept faith In the mirror, in the man with the split face Now I stand on the fault line, calm eyes Every quake just a drum for the war cry If the gate won't open, I break the gates Run straight through the iron and the mistakes I got stories in my lungs like choirs Every breath light a match to the old wires Used to drown in a glass, now I hold seas Turn grief into maps when my soul bleeds They said "you too much", I said "say less" I'm the storm, I'm the eye, I'm the safe nest When I fall, I don't fold, I just rise slow Leave a trail in the dark like a faint glow Who am I if I fear my shadow? Who are you if you fear your light? What is home if the walls feel hollow? What is peace if you don't first fight? If the past keeps pulling your wrist back Let it tug, let it teach, then you cut that We are more than the weight of our old ghosts We are fire in a world built of cold stone This is our crown of echoes Built from the cracks and echoes Every bruise, every flame we swallowed Rise when the ground says "settle" This is our crown of echoes Heavy but our heads stay level If the sky falls down, we'll catch those Stones, turn them into medals Step by step Breath by breath We walk through wreckage Past regret We don't bow down We don't let go Wear that pain Like a crown of echoes — APEXTEND · Some of it belongs together. None of it had to.