[Verse 1]
White dress
Back room
Lipstick shaking by the sink
Phone buzzed
One text
Wrong name on a midnight screen
Veil off
Cold floor
Every promise turning thin
I watch
His lies
Scroll by like they’re nothing
[Pre-Chorus]
My heartbeat’s pounding like a war drum
Bridesmaids laughing in the hall
They think I’m walking in to love
I’m walking in to burn it all
[Chorus]
I’ll leave you
In ashes at the altar
Watch your perfect little story
Bleed across the marble floor
You said forever
Then you kissed her in the dark
So I’ll carve my name in fire
Down the center of your heart
Ashes at the altar
Ashes where you are
[Verse 2]
Organ
Dead air
You’re waiting with that practiced grin
Your mom
So proud
Can’t see the rot beneath your skin
I walk
Slow steps
Ring heavy like a loaded gun
I smile
Lean in
“Tell them what you’ve really done”
[Pre-Chorus]
Screenshots printed in my bouquet
I throw them right into the pews
Your brother reads the names out loud
Your halo slips
They see the bruise
[Chorus]
I leave you
In ashes at the altar
Watch your perfect little story
Curl and blacken
Start to tear
You said forever
With her number in your phone
Now every vow you tried to speak
Turns to smoke inside my throat
Ashes at the altar
Choking on your ghost
[Bridge]
Late night
His house
Wedding gifts out on the lawn
One match
One spark
Every shirt
Every frame gone
Ceramic hearts cracking on concrete
Our photos blister
Peel
And slide
I dance while all your trophies melt
Your neighbors stare
I’m still alive (yeah)
[Chorus]
I’ll leave you
In ashes at the altar
But I’m walking through the cinder
With my bare feet
With my scars
You said forever
Now forever’s just a word
I’ll paint a future on this ruin
Where your shadow doesn’t burn
Ashes at the altar
I’m brighter than before (oh)
Ashes at the altar
You don’t own me anymore