📖 The Story
A southern rock anthem about burning away the past and emerging clean. Not about ignoring where you've been — it's about carrying those scars as proof you survived. The kind of song that starts in the dark and claws its way into the light.
Everyone's been written off at some point. Everyone's worn shame like a second skin. This is for anyone who's been told they're a lost cause and decided to prove them wrong — not by pretending the past didn't happen, but by walking through the fire and coming out the other side.
💜 Emotional Core
Dominant
Triumph / Redemption
Secondary
Defiance
Counter
Vulnerability
🌊 Metaphor Seeds
🎸 The Sound
Southern Rock Anthem
Lynyrd Skynyrd meets modern arena rock — earthy, real, triumphant. Powerful male vocals with grit and rasp, earthy blues guitar, driving rhythm with building dynamics. Gang vocals on the chorus for that communal, arena-scale feel.
📝 Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I wore my sins like a second skin
Every scar a story of where I'd been
The world kept turning while I stood still
A ghost who traded hope for a bitter pill
They stamped "lost cause" across my name
Said I'd burn out, just another flame
[Pre-Chorus]
But something in the fire called me by my name
The smoke ain't where I'm going—that's just where I came
[Chorus]
Burning clean, I'm burning clean
Finally free from who I used to be
Burning clean, burning clean
They wrote me off but now they're gonna see
All the weight I carried, all the chains I wore
I'm burning clean down to my core
[Verse 2]
I've kissed the concrete, tasted the floor
Begged for mercy through a rusted door
The darkness knew me by my first name
I let it in, I fed it, wore the shame
But even hell can't hold a man who's ready
When you've got nothing, your aim gets steady
[Pre-Chorus]
And something in the wreckage started making me believe
That the man I was becoming was the man I had to be
[Chorus]
Burning clean, I'm burning clean
Finally free from who I used to be
Burning clean, burning clean
They wrote me off but now they're gonna see
All the weight I carried, all the chains I wore
I'm burning clean down to my core
[Bridge]
I won't forget the nights I couldn't breathe
The days I thought that no one would believe
But I'm standing here, every scar on show
Living proof that broken things still grow
[Final Chorus]
Burning clean, I'm burning clean
[gang vocals] Finally free from who I used to be
Burning clean, burning clean
[gang vocals] Standing tall where I used to crawl
From the ashes, from the floor
I'm burning clean down to my core
[Outro]
[softly] Burning clean... I'm finally clean...