Ashes in My Hands

[Verse 1]
We built a home in a fault line
Shared scars like a secret code
You traced your name on my dark side
Then left when the cracks showed
I kept your cup in the cupboard
Your hair tie on my wrist
Lived in the ghost of a moment
Afraid of the rooms you’d miss
[Chorus]
So I’m setting you down
Like ashes in my hands
You’re a part of my bones
But I’m cutting these strands
I will carry your light
As I walk through this end
I’m not dying with you
I’m learning to live again
[Verse 2]
I wore your words like an anchor
Sank every time I breathed
Called it devotion
A mantra
But it was a weight on me
Now all your pictures are grayscale
But they still feel warm to touch
I’m folding them into the pages
Of a life that asks too much
[Chorus]
So I’m setting you down
Like ashes in my hands
You’re a part of my bones
But I’m cutting these strands
I will carry your light
As I walk through this end
I’m not dying with you
I’m learning to live again
[Bridge]
I won’t curse your name
I won’t beg you back
I’ll just free my veins
From this crimson pact
Every breath you gave
Taught my lungs to bend
I can love what was
And still choose the end
[Chorus]
So I’m setting you down
Like ashes in my hands
You’re a mark on my heart
Not a chain on my plans
I will carry your light
As I walk through this end
You’re a chapter I loved
And I’m writing the rest instead

Epic, dynamic metalcore with Sleep Token-style atmosphere: reverb-soaked clean guitars over deep synth pads in the intro, then crushing, syncopated low-tuned riffs and tight, modern drums. Verses start in fragile, almost whispered male vocals with sparse guitar; chorus erupts with soaring, layered cleans over wide chords. Occasional screamed call-and-response on key lines. Bridge drops to piano and distant toms before a final half-time breakdown and one last, massive chorus., sleep, metalcore