Ashes Know the Way

[Intro] The curtain falls in crimson rain

The mirrors crack beneath my name

I wore the crown, I played the throne

Now every cheer has turned to stone

[Verse 1] I built a kingdom out of lights

Of velvet lies and sleepless nights

I taught the dark to call me king

Then lost the face beneath the ring

The walls remember every sin

The doors know where my grief has been

I hear the crowd, I feel them fade

Like ghosts beneath the songs I made

[Pre-Chorus] I was thunder, I was flame

I was hunger dressed in fame

But all the gold I wrapped around

Could never make my heart feel found

[Chorus] I’m going back where the ashes know the way

Where the old stars watched me crawl and stray

I’m leaving all these broken halls behind

With a ruined crown and a restless mind

Let the black choir swallow my name

Let the cold lights bury my shame

I have burned too long alone

Now the ashes lead me home

[Verse 2] I laughed too loud to hide the ache

I kissed the blade I could not break

I turned desire into art

Then let it feed upon my heart

The stage was bright, the room was blind

No one saw what lived behind

This painted grin, this borrowed skin

This war, I could not let them win

[Pre-Chorus] I was worshiped, I was blamed

I was crowned, and I was chained

But every mask I ever wore

Fell bleeding on the marble floor

[Chorus] I’m going back where the ashes know the way

Where the old stars watched me crawl and stray

I’m leaving all these broken halls behind

With a ruined crown and a restless mind

Let the black choir swallow my name

Let the cold lights bury my shame

I have burned too long alone

Now the ashes lead me home

[Bridge] Do not weep for what I was

Do not kneel for what I’ve done

Every throne becomes a grave

When no one knows the soul, they save

If the road rejects my feet

If no door opens when I plead

I’ll lay my bones beneath the rain

And let the earth forgive my name

[Breakdown] Home is a wound

Home is a prayer

Home is the place

That may not care

Crown in the dust

Blood on the stone

I was a god

But gods die alone

[Final Chorus] I’m going back where the ashes know the way

Where the old stars watched me crawl and stray

I’m leaving all these broken halls behind

With a ruined crown and a restless mind

Let the black choir swallow my name

Let the cold lights bury my shame

I have burned too long alone

Now the ashes lead me home

[Outro] The curtain falls, the torches bend

Every song must meet its end

If I am dust, if I am bone

Let the ashes take me home