Veins of Smoke

Verse 1:

I've been walking in loops that don't leave tracks

Speaking codes to reflections that won’t talk back

In the corners of silence, I hear my name

But it don’t sound right, it don’t feel the same

I keep a fire under layers of skin

It burns in patterns I won’t let in

I lost a war I don’t recall

And I still bleed like I lost it all

Pre-Chorus:

Yeah, I laugh like the light’s still on

But I’m somewhere dark with the curtains drawn

And they don’t see the scars I hide

‘Cause they’re stitched in rhythm, not in pride

Chorus:

I'm a shadow with a pulse, a ghost with hands

Tied to dreams I don’t understand

There's a gate in me no one can unlock

Guarded by names I refuse to drop

Don’t speak my truth if you ain’t seen the fall

Don’t say you love me if you missed the call

‘Cause I’m more than what your eyes decode—

I move through veins of smoke

Verse 2:

They think I’m drifting, but I’m anchored deep

Where the watchers crawl and the dreamers sleep

I saw her eyes in the storm last night

She said “remember” and then dimmed the light

I kissed a silence that tasted like glass

And walked through mirrors that wouldn’t let me pass

There’s a version of me no longer afraid

He’s waiting where the dust won’t fade

Pre-Chorus:

Yeah, I speak like the noise is gone

But the chords in my blood still carry on

And they hum like an ancient vow

I forget the words, but I feel it now

Chorus:

I'm a shadow with a pulse, a ghost with hands

Tied to dreams I don’t understand

There's a gate in me no one can unlock

Guarded by names I refuse to drop

Don’t speak my truth if you ain’t seen the fall

Don’t say you love me if you missed the call

‘Cause I’m more than what your eyes decode—

I move through veins of smoke

Bridge (soft, layered, ethereal):

One side sleeps in crystal rain

The other wakes in ash and chain

I cross that line with every breath

A prince of dusk, too loud for death

Outro:

So if you hear me in your dream tonight

Know I’m not lost – just out of sight

There’s a throne in me that no one broke

I still move through veins of smoke