It looks like a Phoenix. So, some sort of epiphany, then, or turning point in your life. Perhaps something happened to set you free, since I now know it's not a metaphor for the ascendant soul of the departed. I remain unfamiliar with a lot of pop music, and don't get the reference in your tagline, but I suppose if you wish I could Google it. Or would you call that cheating?
I Googled it. A phrase used often in that song is "you deserve to be alive." Does the tattoo commemorate the day that you realized that about yourself?
... or a suicide attempt perhaps? "I'm still alive..."
My sympathies if so, that you were in such a position.
And I finally just went to your profile. A stroke. Again, my condolences.