Ashes In My Veins

I can still smell the smoke… Even after the fire died.

Something inside me Never survived.

I watched the

skyline turn to black,

Everything I loved was burning in the back.

I tried to run,

I tried to breathe,

But every step just followed me.

There was a time I called this home,

Now every room feels like a tomb.

The photographs are turning grey,

But I still hear you when I

look away.

And I can’t wash it

out,

Can’t bury what I’ve seen.

The fire may be gone… But it’s still inside of me.

I’ve got ashes in my veins,

Fire

underneath the pain. Every memory leaves a scar,

Every ghost

knows where you are.

I tried to let you fade away,

But some things never lose their flame.

So I’ll carry what remains Like ashes in my veins.

I learned to smile with broken teeth,

Hide the war underneath my skin.

Everyone keeps asking if I’m fine,

While something darker eats me alive.

I built a fortress out of fear,

Kept every monster trapped in here.

But every wall eventually cracks,

And everything comes flooding back.

I can’t wash

it out,

Can’t bury what I’ve seen.

The fire may be gone… But it’s still inside of me.

I’ve got ashes in my veins,

Fire underneath the pain.

Every memory leaves a scar,

Every ghost knows where you are.

I tried to let you fade

away,

But some things never lose their flame.

So I’ll carry what remains Like ashes in my veins.

If I could go back… Would I change a thing?

Would I save myself Or let the fire begin?

Maybe the ashes Are all I

have left.

Maybe the burning Is what keeps me breathing.

BURN

IT DOWN!

LET IT

DIE! EVERY

LIE! EVERY SCAR! I’VE GOT ASHES— IN MY VEINS!

I’ve got ashes in my veins,

Fire underneath the

pain.

Every memory leaves a scar,

But I won’t let it take my name.

I watched

everything disappear, I felt the flames consume my fear.

And if this is what’s left of me… I’ll become something you

can’t destroy.

The fire is gone…

But

the ashes remain.