VERSE 1
You came to me with poison on your tongue
Dressed it up in whispers, made it sound like truth
I was too blind to see what you had done
You were already burning down the roof
I found the letters hidden in your coat
The names, the dates, the promises you'd made
Every word you wrote
Was another shovel digging up my grave
CHORUS
You were the smoke and I was the flame
I burned myself just keeping you alive
But smoke don't hold a name
And fire needs more than just a lie to thrive
You took the best of me and made it yours
Left nothing but the wreckage and the scars
I'm closing all the doors
You're nothing now but smoke beneath the stars
VERSE 2
We built this thing from nothing, brick by brick
You swore on everything that mattered then
But you were always counting what was rich
And I was just a means to get it in
You smiled while you took the only thing
That I had left to give, my name, my trust
You wore it like a ring
And ground it into dirt and into dust
CHORUS
You were the smoke and I was the flame
I burned myself just keeping you alive
But smoke don't hold a name
And fire needs more than just a lie to thrive
You took the best of me and made it yours
Left nothing but the wreckage and the scars
I'm closing all the doors
You're nothing now but smoke beneath the stars
VERSE 3
I caught you in the act, no need to lie
You didn't even flinch, just stared me down
Said you never asked me why
I was so eager to believe your crown
You blamed the world, you blamed the hunger deep
You blamed the life we couldn't afford to live
But you were built to keep
Taking everything I had left to give
CHORUS
You were the smoke and I was the flame
I burned myself just keeping you alive
But smoke don't hold a name
And fire needs more than just a lie to thrive
You took the best of me and made it yours
Left nothing but the wreckage and the scars
I'm closing all the doors
You're nothing now but smoke beneath the stars
VERSE 4
Now I'm sitting in the dark with what remains
A house that echoes with your voice and ghost
Salt still burning in the veins
Where you carved away the thing I loved the most
I don't hate you, that would be too clean
You're just a mirror of a darker truth
I wanted to believe
In something that was never really you
BRIDGE
But I won't break down crying over you
I've got my anger and I've got my pride
I'll find a way to move
Past all the things you buried deep inside
You thought that you could erase who I was
Make me small enough to fit inside your need
But I'm made of harder stuff
Than any promise that you couldn't keep
FINAL CHORUS
You were the smoke and I was the flame
I burned myself believing in your word
But smoke don't have a name
And I'm still standing when the dust has cleared
You took the best of me and called it love
Left nothing but the ashes and the scars
I'm rising above
I'm done chasing smoke beneath the stars
OUTRO
You're nothing now but smoke
Fading in the night
And I'm still burning bright
Long after you've gone.