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

Cinematic post-grunge arena rock, Creed-inspired raspy baritone male vocal, atmospheric verses building into massive dis