[Verse 1]
Smoke on the sunrise
Fields turned to charcoal lines
Little shoes by a doorway
Melted glass
Frozen in time
I still hear the market calling
Through air that tastes of rain and rust
Every laugh
Every lullaby
Folded underneath this dust
[Chorus]
Fire took the village and the people that I knew
Every roof
Every story
Every heartbeat that I grew
But I carry all their faces every time I say their names
Though the houses turned to embers
Love survives inside the flames
Love survives inside the flames
[Verse 2]
That oak at the well
Its branches burned
But roots held on
Like a hand in the dark
Reaching out for everyone
I trace our family on the doorway
Where the numbers used to be
Blackened walls and broken pottery
Still keep watch over me
[Chorus]
Fire took the village and the people that I knew
Every roof
Every story
Every heartbeat that I grew
But I carry all their voices every time I say their names
Though the houses turned to embers
Love survives inside the flames
Love survives inside the flames
[Bridge]
I light a single candle
Where our old street used to bend (oh)
I set it down in silence
Say each neighbor like a friend
If all we built is cinders
Then let my breathing be their roof
Let my tears become their river
Let this song become their proof
[Chorus]
Fire took the village and the people that I knew
Every roof
Every story
Every heartbeat that I grew
But I carry all their faces every time I say their names
Though the houses turned to embers
Love survives inside the flames
Love survives inside the flames
[Outro]
Smoke on the sunrise
I walk through the empty frame
Every step
Every whisper
Writes them back into my veins