Ashes in the air

Verse 1

There’s a crack in the mirror I made

From the weight of the words I don’t say

Every night I’m staring at the ceiling

Fighting wars nobody’s seeing

Dust in my lungs from the fire I breathed

Chasing ghosts that don’t believe

I built my throne out of fear and pride

Now I’m standing here with nowhere to hide

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Pre-Chorus

But there’s a pulse underneath the pain

Like a spark in the pouring rain

Calling out through the smoke and flame —

You are more than your mistakes

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🔥 Chorus (Huge, Sustained Vowels)

Let the ashes riiiiise in the air

I’m not done, I’m still standing here

Through the doubt, through the fall

Through the weight of it all

I can feel it coooome alive

Something breaking deep inside

If the fire tries to take my name

I’ll rise from the flame

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Verse 2

Every scar is a map I trace

Every tear left a hollow space

But the hollow’s where the light gets in

That’s where healing begins

I was buried beneath regret

Under promises I never kept

But the ground starts shaking under me

Like the earth’s saying “set yourself free”

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Pre-Chorus

There’s a voice that won’t let me fade

Through the wreckage I have made

Whispers through the fear and shame —

You were built to overcome

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🔥 Chorus

Let the ashes riiiiise in the air

I’m not done, I’m still standing here

Through the doubt, through the fall

Through the weight of it all

I can feel it coooome alive

Something breaking deep inside

If the fire tries to take my name

I’ll rise from the flame

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Bridge (Cinematic Drop → Explosion)

If I break, let me break into light

If I fall, let me fall into fight

I won’t drown in the doubt I’ve known

I will carve my heart in stone

(Drums build… guitars swell…)

You can’t bury what won’t stay dead

You can’t silence what’s been said

From the ruins I proclaim —

I am not the same

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Final Chorus (Bigger / Add Layers)

Let the ashes riiiiise in the air

I’m reborn, I’m breathing prayer

Through the dark, through the flame

I am not the same

I can feel it coooome alive

This is more than just survive

If the fire tries to take my name

I’ll rise — I’ll rise — from the flame