Phoenix Video (MV)

Would it have been easier
To find my roots under Texas skies
To be a woman everyone approved of
Would I have found my fiery resolve
The ignition keeps pushing me down the halls
That are filled with my hopes, trials, and resolutions
To think that I would have surrendered my life
Resigned to the ease of familiar guise
But I've always been one to stoke the coals of a shifting paradigm
I found myself in Phoenix
A thousand miles away
Didn't know how to handle myself
Any other way
The locusts in my skull kept swarming
Just needed a change of pace
Entering in, like dust in the wind
And sunlight on my face
I guess the soil I'm standing on
Doesn't dictate the lines of my monologues
The words in my throat didn't always come out so easily
I spent so much time with a fire in my eyes
Extinguished with deception and societal lies
Snuffed out, discarded, buried beneath the ashes
To think it was my choice to finally rise
Quit limiting myself and accepting my reprise
Doesn't matter what they think or hope to aspire
I found myself in Phoenix
With a bag strap on my arm
A thousand miles away
From the life that gave me scars
Didn't know how to handle myself
Or the skeletons in the dark
The locusts in my skull kept swarming
Just needed a change of pace
Entering in, like dust in the wind
And sunlight on my face
I found myself in Phoenix
A thousand miles away
Didn't know how to handle myself
Any other way
The locusts in my skull kept swarming
Just needed a change of pace
Entering in, like dust in the wind
And sunlight on my face