Ashes for Rain

The night leans heavy
A breath without a name
Streets are hollow rivers
I walk them just the same

I heard the sky collapse in stone
Your silence grew, it broke my bones
A thousand eyes, they stare too long
But none of them can prove me wrong

I swallow fire just to feel
The wound reminds me I am real

Ashes for rain
They fall through my veins
Cover the light
It all tastes the same
Ashes for rain
I drown in the flame
Still breathing slow
Still calling your name

Your voice a rope, it pulls me near
But every knot is made of fear
I carved a truth beneath my skin
And bled it out to let you in

The mirror bends, it will not break
The weight remains for me to take

Ashes for rain
They fall through my veins
Cover the light
It all tastes the same
Ashes for rain
I drown in the flame
Still breathing slow
Still calling your name

In the flood of wasted days
I keep a spark beneath the haze
It doesn’t burn, it doesn’t fade
It only waits to be unmade

Ashes for rain
The fire won’t die
Ashes for rain
Falling from the sky
Ashes for rain
And I remain
A shadow held
Inside the flame