Track · Jun 4, 2026 · English

Ashes and Smiles

Artemis15

Duration

3:59

Language

English

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

I grew up beside your name

Like it was stitched in my skin

You were morning on the kettle

You were every place I'd been

I left your love on the table

Like it would wait there all night

I thought forever was easy

I thought you'd stay in my life

[Pre-Chorus]

Now the room feels too clean

Like something got erased

I reach for your laugh

And I touch empty space

[Chorus]

Smile for me

I was blind, I was blind

While you were here with me

Smile for me

I took your forever

And let it turn to ash

[Verse 2]

I answered calls half asleep

I missed the way you said my name

I kept saying "later, later"

Like love was something that wouldn't change

Then one day your chair was empty

And the whole house knew your ghost

Now I count every small mercy

I never noticed most

[Pre-Chorus]

Now the night feels too long

And my hands don't know where to go

I keep hearing your footsteps

In the hall I used to ignore

[Chorus]

Smile for me

I was blind, I was blind

While you were here with me

Smile for me

I took your forever

And let it turn to ash

[Bridge]

If I could trade back one minute

I'd hold your hand in the rain

I'd say your name like a prayer

I'd learn it all over again

No more running past the living

No more thinking time won't break

If love is standing in front of me

I won't let it fade

[Chorus]

Smile for me

I was blind, I was blind

While you were here with me

Smile for me

I took your forever

And let it turn to ash

Style

pop ballad with female vocalsslow 4/4 pulse and tender piano arpeggios; verse stays intimate and sparse with low stringspre-chorus opens into lifted harmonies and a rising suspended chordchorus lands wider with stacked doubles and a plaintive hook. add a soft reverse swell into each chorusa breathy vocal echo on the title phraseand a final lift with aching cello lines. mix is close-micglossyand emotionally exposed.

Prompt

Female. A song about loving someone your whole life and taking them for granted until they’re gone. Expecting them to be there forever until they’re just ash. Missing them and wishing they would smile

Credits

Prompt by

Artemis15

GeneratedJun 4, 2026

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