Ashes on the wake

I burned the map, I let it drown,

In the wreckage of this goddamn town.

Every dream I chased went cold,

Every promise broke, every lie got old.

You can taste the smoke I’ve been breathing in,

Trying to find what I lost within.

But silence hums like a bitter hymn,

And I’m done begging for what could’ve been.

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So here’s to the ashes,

To the ruins of my name,

I’ve been shattered into patterns,

But I’m rising all the same.

You can watch me fall, you can call it pain,

But I’ll bleed it out, and start again.

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Every scar’s a sermon I never meant to preach,

Every loss taught me what I couldn’t keep.

I’ve been crawling through the static and the fear,

But the fire whispers, “you’re still here.”

The mirror cracked, I see it now,

The man I was is fucking gone somehow.

There’s no turning back, no holy vow,

Just dirt, and blood, and a solemn sound.

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So here’s to the ashes,

To the ruins of my name,

I’ve been shattered into patterns,

But I’m rising all the same.

You can watch me fall, you can call it pain,

But I’ll bleed it out, and start again.

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[Bridge – 2:20–3:00] (Half-time, heavier guitars, guttural backing vocals)

I’m not your ghost, I’m not your sin,

I’m what’s left when it all caves in.

Baptized in failure, crowned in flame,

I’m not broken — I’m unchained.

(Scream line)

“I lost it all — and I found myself again!”

“Fuck your pity, I’m done with pretend!”

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[Final Chorus – 3:00–3:30] (Full-band eruption, open chords ringing out)

So here’s to the ashes,

And the lives I couldn’t save,

Every fall just feeds the patterns,

Of the man I became.

I’m still breathing, still insane,

Still bleeding out — but I’ll start again.

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[Outro – 3:30–3:50] (Fadeout with reverb, broken snare hits, distant hum)

I start again…

Again… again…

(distorted whisper)

“Burn it the fuck down… and start again.”