Antje Duvekot - Phoenix lyrics

I am your daughter carved out of your stone I'm the seed that you dropped I'm the marrow of your bone And I am the one who asked no questions Designed to love you unconditional I sprouted my shoots and I waited for your hands And I laid down my roots but the summer came and went And I looked to the sun, longed to feel your touch But you knew nothing of unconditional love And I rose up like a phoenix rose up from your ash You just turned your back and I'll never understand Though I had no armor you just let me go Into the night to battle with your ghosts If I could go back there I'd be my own angel She won't buy you a mockingbird, she's incapable So hush little baby and close your tired eyes There are no answers so hush now hushabye And I rose up like a phoenix rose up from your ash You just turned your back and I'll never understand Though I had no armor you just let me go Into the night to battle with your ghosts So I gathered up my sorrows and I took them on my tongue And sang them 'til the morning When the sun came in so strong I sang them 'til the daybreak and that's how I became strong