Sunlight to Ash

Verse 1

Broken and battered, I carve out your name

Each promise I’ve carried, defies all the shame

Running through dangers I never could tame

You haunt every shadow, refusing to fade

Pre-Chorus

You said you’d never need a savior

Still I gave up all I knew

Pulled into your orbit deeper

I would risk it all for you

Chorus

I gave what I had, every piece of me burned

You needed a shelter, I crashed and I learned

If hurt is the way, then I’ll carry your pain

I’ll trade all my sunlight just to see you again

Post-Chorus

Nothing left, nothing left (for me)

But I’m holding on, I’m holding on

Verse 2

Promises rattled like chains at my feet

You slept through the fire, I scorched through the heat

Stitches and scars, but your comfort remains

I’ll break through the night just to bleed for your name

Pre-Chorus

You said you never wanted saving

But love rewrote the lines I drew

You’re everything I’ve been invading

And every flaw I gladly lose

Chorus

I gave what I had, every piece of me burned

You needed a shelter, I crashed and I learned

If hurt is the way, then I’ll carry your pain

I’ll trade all my sunlight just to see you again

Post-Chorus

Nothing left, nothing left (for me)

But I’m holding on, I’m holding on

Bridge

Crushed under memories, but I don’t retreat

If hope is a burden, I’ll drag both our grief

Your silence still cuts, and it’s colder each time

But I swallow my pride just to prove I’m alive

Breakdown

Take what I have, I’m hollowed and bruised

Still standing broken, got nothing to lose

I’d do it all again for you

Chorus

I gave what I had, every piece of me burned

You needed a shelter, I crashed and I learned

If hurt is the way, then I’ll carry your pain

I’ll trade all my sunlight just to see you again

Post-Chorus

Nothing left, nothing left (for me)

But I’m holding on, I’m holding on

Outro

(Torn and undone)

I’ll fall apart if it means you survive

(Burned by your sun)

Still I’ll walk into the fight

With hands stained and open, I gave every part

If this is surrender, then I’m torn by the art

(Backing vocals: I gave it all, I gave it all)

I gave what you needed, gave up my skin

(Carry your hurt, carry your sin)

Now all I am is caught in the flood

But saving you always felt like enough

(Backing vocals: Still I’m holding on, still I’m holding on)