This is the after, this is the better-than-beforeThis is the morning I stopped checking at the doorI deleted the playlist, I forgave the closing sceneI am lighter than the heaviest I have ever beenThe smoke has cleared, the embers settle lowAnd what is left is only — only glowThis is the afterglow, this is the afterglowThe fire is out and the warmth is all I knowThis is the afterglow, this is the afterglowI burned, I rose, and I came out gold — I'm free, and I let it showThis is the freedom, this is the un-clenched chestThis is the stranger in the mirror at his bestI don't reread the message, I don't need it anymoreThe door I cried behind is just a doorThe smoke has cleared, the embers settle lowAnd what is left is only — only glowThis is the afterglow, this is the afterglowThe fire is out and the warmth is all I knowThis is the afterglow, this is the afterglowI burned, I rose, and I came out gold — I'm free, and I let it showEvery goodbye, every 3am, every lowEvery ash of who I was, I let it goEvery fire that I walked through made me glowThis is the warmth, this is the after — watch me goI lost the love but I came home to me —The afterglow is freedom, and the glow is gold, I'm free---
