(Intro – slow, eerie clean guitar with heavy reverb, distant thunder drums building quietly)
Midnight hum in a dying town
Smoke hangs low where the sun went down
Footsteps echo on broken stone
I walk this road alone
Cold wind whisper my hidden name
Ashes fall like a cursed rain
Every shadow looks alive
Like something survived
(Verse 1 – slow, heavy riff enters, deep steady drums)
There was a house at the edge of the field
Where the truth was buried and never revealed
Windows black, no light inside
Just secrets we tried to hide
We were young and we played with sparks
Laughin’ loud in the summer dark
Didn’t know what we’d ignite
Didn’t know that night
(Pre-Chorus – tension rising, low distorted build)
Flames don’t fade when the guilt runs deep
Some fires burn in your sleep
(Chorus – slow, massive, haunting guitars, gritty drawn-out vocals)
Burning higher… crawling through my mind
Taste of fire… running down my spine
No escape from what I left behind
It consumes me over time
Feel it tighten… wrapped around my fate
Everlasting… sealed behind the hate
(Guitar Solo 1 – slow, melodic, haunting lead)
(Sustained bends, crying notes, echoing atmosphere)
(Verse 2 – heavier but still slow, thick bass underneath)
Sirens screamed but the sky stayed black
No turning time, no taking it back
Flames climbed high, painted the night
In a sick red light
I still see it behind my eyes
Hear the truth in the mother’s cries
Feel the heat on my skin again
Like it never ends
(Pre-Chorus – more intense, drums pounding deeper)
You can run but it tracks your scent
Every spark leaves a permanent dent
(Chorus – bigger, layered vocals, crushing slow chords)
Crimson fever… eating me alive
Silent reaper… where the shadows thrive
Every memory twists the knife
Still it lingers deep inside
No forgiveness… echoing my name
Only embers… feeding off the shame
(Bridge – stripped back, eerie clean guitar, storytelling vocal)
Years gone by but the smoke still stays
In my lungs, in my waking days
Every match, every flicker of light
Takes me back to that night
(Breakdown – slow crushing chugs, almost doom-like)
Ash to ash, dust to bone
What you burn, you always own
(Guitar Solo 2 – emotional, soaring, dramatic build)
(Slow build to faster runs, wailing bends, explosive final sustain)
(Final Chorus – full heavy impact, haunting harmonies)
Rising torment… I can’t deny
Blazing judgment… behind my eyes
No more running from what survives
It’s a brand I cannot hide
Endless fire… carved in my veins
Dark desire… calling my name
(Outro – fading distorted lead, ambient crackling soundscape)
Embers glow where the truth was laid
Some debts never get repaid
When the silence cuts like a knife
Hellfire… still alive.
AshesofEden
