[Verse 1] Left your jacket crumpled by the kitchen door Thumb still hovered over unsent voicemail at two The constellation we drew started to peel Now just white dots where I can barely feel Some things are written with chalk and prayer What survived the fire is what I learned there Watching dawn creep over what we left Cold air tasted like copper, not regret [Pre-Chorus] The first light hits the bricks like a bruise turning gold A different version of my story starts to unfold My hands are shaking less than they did last night I'm catching color in places I thought were only white [Chorus] After the smoke clears there's more than a scar There's what held together where we thought it wouldn't go far What survived the fire is better than what burned The love that endured is the lesson I learned You were in every shadow and the way my name would catch A little bit of you still stays within the match After the smoke clears I see my own face clearer now Still got your ghost in some lines and a few old vows But what stood firm made me something new I'm breathing through the embers with a wider view [Verse 2] The blue glass on the counter still catches morning light You were always saying we could outrun what was coming slow The city looked small beneath a sky turning pink and grey A map of absences where we used to find our track You were my north before you became this quiet place Now there's no one left to fill up that empty room space [Bridge] The truth is I am not the person you knew when we began Some parts were swallowed by what that night had planned But here's what nobody can take or tear from my sleeve: I'm not the same, but I'm still standing here to breathe You left your fingerprints in all these ordinary spaces And though there is a hole where you used to stand tall There was something inside that refused to fall Only this breath, right now, on this rooftop floor [Chorus] After the smoke clears there's more than a scar There's what held together where we thought it wouldn't go far What survived the fire is better than what burned The love that endured is the lesson I learned You were in every shadow and the way my name would catch A little bit of you still stays within the match After the smoke clears I see my own face clearer now Still got your ghost in some lines and a few old vows But what stood firm made me something new I'm breathing through the embers with a wider view [Outro] What survived stayed by my side The quiet gratitude I don't have to hide After the smoke clears, after the night is done I count what remains and walk toward the sun
