Ashes On My Name

[Verse 1]
They laugh at the cross on my jacket
Spit jokes at the back of the bus
I bite down hard on my anger
Chew rust
Taste dust
Choose trust
Sleepless
Scrolling through all of my failures
Like headlines burned into glass
You say "blessed are the broken"
But I'm bleeding out in this class
[Chorus]
I’ll stand in the fire with ashes on my name
If Your light is all I’ve got
Let them call me strange
I stumble
I’m stubborn
I fall in my own way
But I’m holding on to grace
Though it costs me everything
[Verse 2]
My friends say I’m wasting my twenties
On old words and ancient roads
They toast to the easy moments
I’m counting the cost alone
Halo of blue screen temptation
Flashing that easy escape
I choke on my petty confession
Still I drag it all to Your name
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
[low vocal register]
If they hate me
If they break me
If I lose this crowd I crave
Will I love You
When it’s lonely
When obedience feels like chains?
[spoken
Over breakdown]
You carried a cross through the jeering
Dragged every sin that I hide
So if my reputation is dying
Let it be buried with my pride
[Chorus]

rock, Christian metalcore with soaring, earnest male vocals over dropped‑tuned guitars and tight, modern drums. Intro starts clean with chorus riff on delay-soaked guitar, then explodes into palm-muted chugs and double-kick for the verse. Chorus lifts with open chords, octave leads, and stacked gang vocals. Bridge drops to ambient pads and bass with spoken-word intensity, then slams back with halftime breakdown, pinch harmonics, and a final, anthemic chorus., metalcore, christian rock