ASHES IN THE MORNING Verse 1 I woke up with the devil Sitting quietly beside me He said, “You’ve been running from yourself But you know where you’ll find me” There’s a picture on the table Of a man I used to know He was smiling like a stranger Before he learned to let things go Pre-Chorus And every road I take Leaves another piece behind I keep searching for forgiveness In the ruins of my mind Chorus So bury me beneath the silence Where nobody has to know All the things I couldn't carry All the places I couldn't go If love is just a candle Then I’ve watched mine turn to smoke I’m still breathing in the ashes Of every heart I broke Verse 2 There are ghosts inside the hallway They remember every fight Every word I threw like stones Every tear I called a lie And the bed feels twice as empty When you're lying next to me Funny how you can hold somebody And still feel a thousand miles away Pre-Chorus I keep asking for tomorrow Like tomorrow owes me grace But the past keeps pulling harder Every time I see your face Chorus So bury me beneath the silence Where nobody has to know All the things I couldn't carry All the places I couldn't go If love is just a candle Then I’ve watched mine turn to smoke I’m still breathing in the ashes Of every heart I broke Bridge Maybe I'm not what I was Maybe that's the point Maybe every shattered man Still has a choice If you find me in the darkness Don't mistake it for the end I'm just trying to remember How to become myself again Final Chorus Don't bury me beneath the silence Don't leave me where I fell I've been fighting with my demons And I've learned them far too well If love is still a candle Let me shelter it from wind I'll walk through all the ashes Just to find you there again Outro I woke up with the devil But I didn't let him stay There's a little light beneath the ashes And I'm crawling toward it anyway.
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