Ashes & Neon Lights

[Verse 1]  
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  

[Pre-Chorus]  
I was drowning in the hate you made  
A prison built from love that decayed  

[Chorus]  
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  

[Verse 2]  
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  

[Pre-Chorus]  
I was buried in the wreck you made  
But even ruins start to fade  

[Chorus]  
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  

[Bridge]  
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  

[Breakdown]  
(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  

[Final Chorus]  
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  

[Outro]  
Ashes fall, but I still stand  
No longer broken by your hand  
What you destroyed, I reclaimed  
And I’ll never be the same

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