[Verse]
The bell tolls soft in the empty air
Footsteps echo
No one's there
Shadows stretch where light once played
A church of silence
Memories fade
[Prechorus]
Can you hear it
The whispered refrain
Ashes in the rain
[Chorus]
Why'd you leave me standing here
With a hymn no one will hear
Ashes
Ashes
Falling slow
Where the lost and lonely go
[Verse 2]
Pews creak low
The weight of ghosts
Fingers trace words carved in oak
A eulogy I can't unwrite
Your name still burns in candlelight
[Bridge]
Hallelujahs sung in vain
Echo hollow
Feel the strain
The choir's gone
The preacher's still
The world outside is cold and still
[Chorus]
Why'd you leave me standing here
With a hymn no one will hear
Ashes
Ashes
Falling slow
Where the lost and lonely go