Ashes in My Lungs

[Verse 1]
Room still set for two
Dust on your old chair
Coffee cup in the sink
Lip print still there
I wear your black coat
Hangs wrong on my frame
Catch my face in the mirror
Hear you say my name
[Chorus]
I’ve been breathing ashes in my lungs
Sleeping in the wreckage of what we were
But I won’t drown here
Tied to your ghost
I’m learning how to live with the hurt
How to live again
With the hurt
[Verse 2]
I kept all your voicemails
Played them till they warped
Every word a knife twist
Every silence worse
Now I walk past your stone
Talk out loud like you stayed
Sun burns through the grey sky
Warms the flowers on your name
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
I thought moving on meant losing you
Thought healing meant letting you fade
But you’re in every small decision
In the scars that finally stayed
[low vocal register]
So I set one plate on the table
And I eat
And I breathe
And I stay
[slow build
Guitars layer]
You’re the root inside my ribcage
Not a chain
Just where I came
[Chorus]

metal, Hybrid progressive metal meets dark alternative R&B; down-tuned polymeter guitars lock with a syncopated, sub-heavy groove. Male vocals drift between breathy, intimate verses and soaring, distorted hooks. Verses sit over sparse, moody keys and reverb-soaked guitar swells; choruses explode with stacked harmonies, crushing rhythm guitars, and tight drum accents. Bridge opens into half-time with ambient pads before a final full-band hit and vocal ad-libs., progressive metal, alternative r&b, electric