[INTRO – soft, atmospheric]
[instrumental — distant guitar echoes, low pulse, fading into Verse 1]
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[VERSE 1]
I can still taste the moment
When the world fell off its track
One careless word I never meant
And I felt you turning back
You tried to hold it together
But I saw the fracture start
You walked away with tears you hid
And it shattered both our hearts
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[PRE-CHORUS]
I’m choking on the silence
On everything I should’ve said
Your shadow’s pulling from my hands
Like a ghost that’s never dead
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[CHORUS]
All the words I never meant
Turned to ashes on my tongue
And they burn me when I breathe
Like a bullet from a gun
Now I’m screaming through the darkness
Begging you to come undone
’Cause you love me and I love you
But I’m the one who made you run
So I’m drowning in the fire
Of a heart I set in flames
All the things I tried to save you from…
Are the things that bear my name
Ashes on my tongue…
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[POST-CHORUS Metallica-style solo]
(Ashes… ashes… falling from my tongue…)
[Guitar + synth riff drop]
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[VERSE 2]
Every night is a rerun
Of the second you walked out
I see the truth behind your steps—
It was love mixed up with doubt
You never wanted to leave me
You just couldn’t take the pain
And the weight of knowing that you cared
Is what drives me half insane
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[PRE-CHORUS 2]
I’m haunted by the moment
Where I watched your courage break
You left because you loved me
And that’s a scar I can’t escape
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[CHORUS 2]
All the words I never meant
Turned to ashes on my tongue
And they cut me when I speak
Like the blade I can’t outrun
I keep screaming into shadows
Hoping somehow you’ll hear one
’Cause you love me and I love you
But I’m the one who made you run
Now I’m drowning in the fire
Of the damage I became
Every promise that I threw away…
Comes back whispering your name
Ashes on my tongue…
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[BRIDGE] [Rap/Speak with Heavy Vocal Blend]
[Spoken/Rapped]
I’d tear the past apart
Rebuild the words I said
Trade every breath I’ve got
To pull you from the edge
I’m a prisoner of the moment
Where your heart began to fall
I tried to say “I’m sorry,”
But regret just ate it all
[Sung]
I’m swallowed by the silence
I’m buried in the blame
If love is in the distance
Then I’m walking through the flame
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[FINAL CHORUS]
All the words I never meant
Turned to ashes on my tongue
They’re the chains I drag behind me
For the damage that I’ve done
Still I’m reaching through the darkness
Praying somehow you’re not gone
’Cause you love me and I love you
But I’m the one who made you run
Now I’m drowning in the fire
Of a heart I set in flames
I can’t undo the moment
But I’ll never be the same
Ashes on my tongue…
Ashes on my tongue…
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[OUTRO, soft, stripped]
[Whispered]
“All my words are ashes now…”
[clean guitar rings out]
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