I have seen the smoke block out the sky Crash-landed attempts to fly While the smell of burning plastic Is filling the air And I've been broken into smithereens 'Till my dreams are drenched with gasoline Watch it burn until it feels like there is nothing left And as I fall I'm whispering a prayer Close my eyes and see you there You're reminding me your love will never die, never die I will rise And rise again From the ashes Like a phoenix I will rise When the world is burning down around me And in the light I'm brought back to life From the ashes Like a phoenix I will rise When the world is burning down around me There's a photograph inside my head Of a desert wasteland Painted red But that was then And now I know it's not over yet But then I feel the lift of air beneath me Touch my lips, my breath's returning At 10000 feet you say "Just be who you are" Then you stamped your name across my heart And held me close inside your arms Reminding me your love will never die Never die I will rise And rise again From the ashes Like a phoenix I will rise When the world is burning down around me And in the light I'm brought back to life From the ashes Like a phoenix I will rise When the world is burning down around me (We will rise, from the ashes) (We will rise, from the ashes) We will rise, from the ashes We will rise When the world is burning down Burning down around me I will rise And rise again From the ashes Like a phoenix I will rise When the world is burning down around me And in the light I'm brought back to life From the ashes Like a phoenix I will rise When the world is burning down around me I will rise (from the ashes) I will rise Like a phoenix I will rise When the world is burning down around me