Among the Ashes by Paper_Kingdom - Zona

Among the Ashes by Paper_Kingdom - Zona

Lyrics

[Intro] [ soft but dramatic pre vocals and strings]

Smoke on the wind, silence where you stood

I tore the world apart the way I knew I would

Your voice still echoes through the ruin and the flame

But I’m not sure I’m worthy of your name

[Verse 1]

I walked away with fire in my veins

Left nothing standing, only ghosts and blame

I built a life from everything I broke,

I burned it down and called it hope

I heard you tried to see the man before,

The war, the blood, the things I can’t ignore.

You thought there was something left to save —

But I was already past the point of grace.

[Pre-Chorus]

You look at me like I’m still whole

Like I’m not damaged down to bone

You say my name like it’s a prayer,

Like the man I was is still there

[Chorus] [added harmonies]

Among the ashes, I remain

A broken heart, a burning name

I loved you more than I could say

Enough to turn and walk away

If I come close, I fear you’ll see

Nothing left to recognize in me

So I stay lost inside the flame

Among the ashes, I remain

[Verse 2]

I heard you tried to make sense of the scars

Said the world just pushed me too far

That somewhere underneath the rage

I’m still the man you couldn’t erase

But every step I took to survive

Left something good of me behind

And when you reach for what we were

I feel the truth I can’t return

[Chorus]

Among the ashes, I remain

A broken heart, a burning name

I loved you more than I could say

Enough to turn and walk away

If I come close, I fear you’ll see

Nothing left to recognize in me

So I stay lost inside the flame

Among the ashes, I remain

[Guitar solo] [add back ground vocal echoes]

[Bridge]

I see you standing where I fell

Still trying to pull me from this hell

You call my name like I’m unchanged

Like I’m not something rearranged

I wear the damage like a crown

I built my thrown on broken ground

I’m chasing ghosts that look like you

Now I breath in ash where fire grew

[Alternative Chorus]

Among the ashes, I still stay

A fading man you couldn’t save

I loved you more than I could show

Enough to finally let you go

If I reach out, you’ll only find

The wreckage I can’t leave behind

So I keep walking through the flame

Among the ashes…

[Chorus]

Among the ashes, I remain

A broken heart, a burning name

I loved you more than I could say

Enough to turn and walk away

If I come close, I fear you’ll see

Nothing left to recognize in me

So I stay lost inside the flame

Among the ashes…

[Outro]

If you remember me at all

Let it be before the fall

Before the fire, before the pain—

Among the ashes… I remain.