The Phoenix

By Foreknown

On Ornithology

Released on August 12, 2014

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[Verse 1]

You're pathetic

Fat and ugly

Stay away from me

I think that you're disgusting

You're an idiot, retarded, stupid

Rode in on a short bus

You're worthless and useless

You got a unibrow

You're anorexic

Aren't you that super creepy kid that got molested?

You walk funny

You got a lot of acne

Your bad breath matches up with your bad teeth

No money

You're dirt poor

You're a dyke

You're a fag

You're a slut

You're a whore

It's a real shame that you got a clean bill of health

Do us a favour

Run away and just kill yourself

Not normal

You're a freak

You don't belong here, weak little geek

You're such a waste

That's why everybody hates you

Doesn't it make you wonder why God took the time to make you?


[Hook]

Sound familiar?

Show of hands

Sticks and stones can make a broken man

But it's words that'll choke you, smother and enslave you

And if you let it, it'll grave you

They just want to see you crash and burn

They just want to see you crash and burn

They just want to see you crash and burn

They just want to see you crash and burn

Sound familiar?

Show of hands

Sticks and stones can make a broken man

But it's words that'll choke you, smother and enslave you

And if you let it, it'll grave you

They just want to see you crash and burn

They just want to see you crash and burn

But even if you do, they have to learn

That when you crash and burn

That when you crash and burn

You're gonna

Rise like the phoenix

Rise like the phoenix


[Verse 2]

Next time words got you feeling destroyed

Remember that His word is never returned void

They might try tell you otherwise

But the Bible is the final authority

So they must have lied

Justified by the one divine

You bear fruit as a branch on the one true vine

And because of His Son

He looks at you and He sees

A child who he loves and in whom he is well pleased

Cling to his word and embrace your identity

Then you can laugh in the face of the enemy

You're the phoenix

Wings of flame

Power and authority when you sing his name

In this life, you'll experience crashes

But you will always rise from the ashes

Truth prevails

Lies are defeated

We're victorious as we rise like the phoenix


[Hook]

Sound familiar?

Show of hands

Sticks and stones can make a broken man

But it's words that'll choke you, smother and enslave you

And if you let it, it'll grave you

They just want to see you crash and burn

They just want to see you crash and burn

They just want to see you crash and burn

They just want to see you crash and burn

Sound familiar?

Show of hands

Sticks and stones can make a broken man

But it's words that'll choke you, smother and enslave you

And if you let it, it'll grave you

They just want to see you crash and burn

They just want to see you crash and burn

But even if you do, they have to learn

That when you crash and burn

That when you crash and burn

You're gonna

Rise like the phoenix