[Verse 1]
I called you in silence, but silence replied,
Ashling flared, and you closed your eyes.
I held the fire, but not the truth,
And lost the only light I knew.
[Verse 2]
They said I burned you, said I broke,
But you were the ember in every stroke.
I carved your name in sigil flame,
Afraid to speak, afraid of shame.
[Chorus]
But you stayed—
In every flare, in every fall,
In every sleepless firelit hall.
You stayed—
Not to , but to forgive,
To show me how to burn and live.
[Bridge]
I see you now, not as a ghost,
But as the flame I feared the most.
Not punishment, not , not past—
But love that learned to last.
[Final Chorus]
You stayed—
In Ashling’s eyes, in every spark,
In every step I took through dark.
You stayed—
And now I rise, not to forget,
But to remember, without regret.