Ashes of Your Name

[Verse 1]
You packed your pride
In a thrift-store bag
Left me your face
In a cracked old frame
Slammed that door
Like I was a stain
On your shaking hands
On your borrowed last name
[Chorus]
I hope you choke on every birthday you skipped
Every lullaby you never even tried to sing
You don’t get to call this “love”
You walked away
Then blamed the blood
I wear the scars
You wear the shame
I burn the bridge
The rest is flames
You’re dead to me
Just ashes of your name
[Verse 2]
I learned to lie
“Yeah
She’s doing fine”
To strangers’ eyes
In the school lunch line
You chose the high
Of another lost night
Over my first steps
Over my first fight
[Chorus]
I hope you choke on every birthday you skipped
Every lullaby you never even tried to sing
You don’t get to call this “love”
You walked away
Then blamed the blood
I wear the scars
You wear the shame
I burn the bridge
The rest is flames
You’re dead to me
Just ashes of your name
[Bridge]
Did it hurt at all
When you heard me scream? (did you?)
Or did you turn it down
Like a bad TV
I’m not your secret
I’m not your stain
I’m the kid you left
Spitting back your last name
[Chorus]
I hope you choke on every birthday you skipped
Every lullaby you never even tried to sing
You don’t get to call this “love”
You walked away
Then blamed the blood
I wear the scars
You wear the shame
I burn the bridge
The rest is flames
You’re dead to me
Dead to me
Just ashes of your name

rock, Aggressive modern rock with distorted drop-tuned guitars, tight live drums, and raw female vocals. Verses sit in a tense, palm-muted groove; chorus explodes with wide power chords, stacked screams and harmonies. Bridge strips to bass and vocal before a final, crushing full-band hit, plenty of grit and saturation., theme