Urovian Ashes

[Verse 1]
Snow over burned-out stone
Names carved in rusted chrome
Blood on your wedding chain
Fused to the bone
To the bone
You held my photograph
Under your shattered mask
Teeth full of winter sand
Shaking but you would not ask
[Pre-Chorus]
You said
"If I fall
Let it mean
You can sleep
You can breathe"
[Chorus]
Urovian ashes on your tongue
Every breath you gave now fills my lungs
You die so I can live this life you won
This is what it means
To give your everything
To crawl into the dark
And hand me back the sun
[Verse 2]
Mud in your holy book
Pages like severed looks
Prayers frozen in your throat
Cracked as the mortars shook
You dragged my broken fear
Out of the crater's ear
Laid it beside your heart
Left yours beating here
[Pre-Chorus]
You said
"If I fade
Let it burn
Into vows
We return"
[Chorus]
Urovian ashes on your tongue
Every breath you gave now fills my lungs
You die so I can live this life you won
This is what it means
To give your everything
To drown inside the fire
And raise me when you're gone
[Bridge]
[Breakdown – tempo lurches slower
Chugs and gutturals]
Face down in the frozen wire (mine to carry)
Your spine a shattered spire (mine to bury)
You whispered
"Honor is
A grave we choose"
I wear your dog tag halo (hanging heavy)
My mercy painted in your marrow (raw and steady)
Every step I take
Is walking in your shoes (your wounds)
[Chorus]
Urovian ashes on my tongue
Every breath I take is still your lungs
You died so I could live the war you won
This is what it means
To give your everything
I scream your broken name
And call that ruin
Home

rock, Crushing death metal ballad, halftime doom-tempo with cavernous toms and dragging kick, detuned dual guitars in dissonant harmonies, bass grinding in unison. Verses start on fragile female rasp over sparse, palm-muted chords; pre-chorus swells with tremolo-picked melodies. Chorus explodes into layered screams and soaring distorted belts. Mid-song breakdown drops into ultra-slow chugs and guttural roars. Massive reverb on vocals, distant war ambience tucked low in the mix. Female vocals shifting from smoky whispers to deep death growls., slow, deep, vocal, beautiful, death metal