# Fire of Initiation **Verse 1** I stood before the living flame, Knowing I would not remain The one who first had reached this place, Still clinging to a borrowed face. The fire offered no demand. It simply opened out its hands. Not asking what I knew to be... Only, *"Will you trust* *The burning?"* **Pre-Chorus** The fire Never came To destroy Your heart. It came To reveal What could never Burn. **Chorus** Fire of Initiation, Burn away what is not true. Leave the gold. Release the shadows. Make my heart Begin anew. Every fear becomes an offering. Every mask returns to dust. What remains within the silence Is the Life I always was. **Verse 2** The flame consumed my need to know. The need to always stay in control. The weight of every borrowed crown Quietly Fell down. And in the ashes I could see Nothing precious left had fled from me. Only everything I thought I had to be Was gone. **Pre-Chorus** The deepest fire Doesn't ask For sacrifice. It asks For surrender. **Chorus** Fire of Initiation, Light the altar of my soul. Not for glory. Not for greatness. Only To become More whole. Every trial carries mercy. Every ending hides a seed. Every flame that Love ignites Sets The captive Free. **Bridge** Enter The fire With honesty. Enter The fire With trust. Enter The fire Without defending The false. For the fire Knows The difference Between Who you are... And who you feared You had to become. **Final Chorus** Fire of Initiation, May I never fear your light. For you've never been my enemy, But the dawn After the night. May I welcome transformation. May I bless what falls away. For every soul refined by Love Becomes A brighter Flame. **Outro** The fire Didn't ask Me To become Someone new. It simply Removed Everything That kept The Light From shining through.
