Sand and Ashes

Intro - atmospheric, ney flute melody, deep sub bass

Ah-ah... ah-ah-ah...

The wind still knows my name.

Verse 1

I count my defeats across the dunes,

Every grain of sand, a life I've spent.

The sky has watched me fall beneath its moons,

But I rise before the night descends.

They told me: stay down, it's safer here,

But the ground never promised me a thing.

I wear my scars like pages, crystal clear,

From a book the fire couldn't bring to end.

Pre-Chorus - rising tension, daf percussion building

And if I fall — oh-oh,

I fall ahead — oh-oh.

The hourglass turns over,

And I begin again.

Chorus - euphoric, powerful vocals, heavy trap drop

Sand and ashes, I'm reborn,

What I lose is what builds me.

Hey! Hey!

Sand and ashes, I have sworn:

Only those who run stay empty.

Oh-oh-oh... oh-oh-oh...

Drop - heavy bass, oud melody, throat singing

Hmm... hmm...

Ah-ah-ah-ah!

Verse 2

Empires crumble down without a sound,

And statues forget the names they hold.

But deep inside the silence, I have found

A light beneath my skin that won't grow cold.

Time is not a wall, it's a river;

It doesn't judge the ones who drown.

With every dawn I rise, deliver,

Older, more alive — I won't back down.

Pre-Chorus

And if I fall — oh-oh,

I fall ahead — oh-oh.

The hourglass turns over,

And I begin again.

Chorus

Sand and ashes, I'm reborn,

What I lose is what builds me.

Hey! Hey!

Sand and ashes, I have sworn:

Only those who run stay empty.

Bridge

If you hear me beneath the ruins...

Then nothing ever truly dies.

What breaks me is what draws my lines:

I am the ashes... and the wind.

Final Chorus

Sand and ashes, I'm reborn,

What I lose is what builds me.

Hey! Hey!

Sand and ashes, from now on,

I'm the fire and the rain, believe me!

Oh-oh-oh... oh-oh-oh...

Verse 3

Now the storm has laid its weapons down,

And the dunes have swallowed every war.

I walk alone, no need to wear a crown —

I am more than what I was before.

Let the desert keep the ones I've been;

Every fallen self became a door.

Outro

And when the last grain falls...

Turn me over... once again.

The wind still knows my name...

(Ah-ah... ah-ah-ah...)