Ashes & Whiskers

In a broken world of rust and bones Where the silent wind

forever moans Through shattered streets and afterburn glow A tiny stray moves

soft and low

A little kitten, black as night With glowing eyes in fading light

No home, no name,

no lullaby Just dust below a burning sky But in the dark,

a spark remains

A fragile heart

that will not chain Oh,

little ghost in the afterglow Where do you wander,

where do you go?

Through the ruins, soft and slow A king of nothing,

but still you glow Ash falls down like winter snow Still you

walk through the undertow In a world

that forgot how to care

You're still there

He curls beside a broken sign Dreams of warmth from another time

Traces of a distant purr Of gentle hands that once were sure

A flick of tail,

a silent plea For something like humanity But all that's left are

empty shells And stories no one ever tells Yet in his steps,

a rhythm stays

A quiet fight

through endless days

If hope is gone,

then why survive?

But something small

is still alive

In every step, in every scar

A tiny flame,

a distant star

Oh, little ghost, don't fade away You carry light through endless grey

Even when the sky won't mend You're the start of the end

Ashes fall, but life will grow In the places no one knows

In a world

beyond repair You're the reason something's there (ooh)

Still there