Ashes & Neon Lights

I taste your lies like rust on my tongue

Every word you said came undone

You carved your name into my veins

Then walked away like I’m the one to blame

Your ghost still screams in empty rooms

A shattered heart, a fading wound

But every scar you left behind

Is just proof I survived your kind

I was drowning in the hate you made

A prison built from love that decayed

I burned your memory to the ground

Watched the flames, didn’t make a sound

Every tear turned into fire

Fed the rage, killed desire

But out of the smoke, I saw a light

A stranger’s face in the dead of night

Now I’m breathing, I’m alive

You lost me—but I survived

You said forever, meant goodbye

Left me choking on your alibi

Twisted truth like broken glass

Cut me deep, but I won’t look back

I wore your chaos like a crown

Let your silence drag me down

But something shifted in the dark

A spark igniting in my heart

I was buried in the wreck you made

But even ruins start to fade

I burned your memory to the ground

Watched the flames, didn’t make a sound

Every tear turned into fire

Fed the rage, killed desire

But out of the smoke, I saw a light

A stranger’s voice cutting through the night

Now I’m breathing, I’m alive

You lost me—but I survived

I won’t be your casualty

Your chains don’t have a hold on me

You broke me down, but I rebuilt

From every ounce of pain and guilt

And when they looked into my eyes

They didn’t see your ghost inside

They saw the fight, they saw the flame

They said my name like it meant something again

(You don’t own me)

I’m rising from the wreckage

(You don’t know me)

I’m more than all your damage

(You can’t hold me)

I’m tearing through the past

I’m free—I’m free at last

I burned your memory to the ground

Heard the silence screaming loud

Every scar turned into steel

Taught me how to finally feel

And out of the smoke, I found my way

A stranger turned my night to day

Now I’m breathing, I’m alive

You lost me—and I survived

Ashes fall, but I still stand

No longer broken by your hand

What you destroyed, I reclaimed

And I’ll never be the same