[Intro]
(ritualistic piano, distant choir, slow build)
Low lights, cold breath
Hear the drums in my chest
Something stirring in the dark
Calling out my name
[Verse 1]
(clean guitar, low piano pulse)
Ash in the air, I taste the fire
Broken ground under my feet
Voices crawl through the static
Whispering what I’m meant to be
Shadows move in the corner
Time don’t breathe down here
Every step feels heavier
But I’m still standing here
[Pre-Chorus]
(piano drops out, drums rising)
Heart still beating in the black
Eyes adjust, I don’t look back
[Chorus]
(full distorted guitars, anthemic)
I survive the hell they made
Through the flame, through the pain
Feel the power start to rise
In my blood, in my veins
If this world wants me dead
I’ll wake the fire instead
[Post-Chorus]
(chant-like backing vocals)
Wake it up
Wake it up
[Verse 2]
(distorted bass, dark piano accents)
Hands are shaking but I’m focused
Every scar wrote my name
I’ve been dragged through the darkness
Now the darkness feels afraid
Sirens screaming in my head
But the fear’s wearing thin
Every breath pulls me closer
To the strength underneath
[Pre-Chorus]
(drums building, tension rising)
I’ve been buried, I’ve been bent
Now I feel what I am
[Chorus]
(full band, heavier)
I survive the hell they made
Through the flame, through the pain
Feel the power start to rise
In my blood, in my veins
If this world wants me dead
I’ll wake the fire instead
[Breakdown / Chant]
(stomp rhythm, muted guitars)
No way out
No way home
Built from bone
Carved in stone
(open guitars, rising chaos)
No way out
No retreat
I stand tall
On my feet
[Bridge]
(ritual piano returns, low strings)
No escape, no relief
Just the choice to break or breathe
From the ashes, from the grave
I decide who I become
(slow build to explosion)
This curse, this place
Won’t seal my fate
I take the dark
And make it bend
[Build-Up]
(piano arpeggio, heartbeat drums)
Feel it now
In the ground
In the sound
In the blood
[Final Chorus]
(max distortion, layered vocals)
I survive the hell they made
I don’t bow, I don’t break
Every wound turned to a weapon
Every loss turned to faith
If this world wants me dead
I’ll wake the fire instead
[Outro]
(piano fading, ambient echoes)
From the smoke, from the flame
I rise unafraid
Hell couldn’t hold me down
I walk away
AshesofEden
