[Intro] Ashes fall where the skyline bleeds, Static whispers drag me to my knees. Another night, another hollow frame, I light the fire just to curse the flame. [Verse 1] I clock in, chained to the grind, Dreams decay in the back of my mind. Boss man laughin’, pockets get fat, I’m just a shadow - imagine that. Six feet deep in the debt I own, Work my soul till it turns to stone. Music in my veins but the needle’s broke, A song in the throat that nobody spoke. I thought I was chosen, I thought I would rise, But I drown in the echo of forgotten lies. [Hook] From ashes to echo, I scream my name, Dreams I carried turn into shame. Mirror shows a stranger, hollow and cold, The monster I became is the story I told. [Verse 2] Guitar in the corner, dust on the strings, Rust on the crown of the king of nothing. Internet feeds me a crown I can’t wear, Offline silence - nobody’s there. My hunger bites, but the wallet stays thin, My patience broke where the faith ran in. Teachers once called me a flame, divine, But the fire they saw wasn’t ever mine. Now I rap like thunder, spit like knives, Tryna carve out truth in these crooked lives. [Hook] From ashes to echo, I scream my name, Dreams I carried turn into shame. Mirror shows a stranger, hollow and cold, The monster I became is the story I told. [Bridge] (whispered, glitchy, layered) Do you hear me? Do you fear me? I’m the ghost in the static, The voice in the attic. [guitar feedback, then drop] [Final Verse] I’m not the savior, not the prodigy, Just a ghost writin’ lines in obscurity. They called me broken, they called me weak, But the louder I scream, the less they speak. Still I carve my scars in the sound I make, I’m alive in the cracks that the world can’t take. [Final Hook] From ashes to echo, I scream my name, Dreams I carried turn into flame. Mirror shows a monster, ready to fight, I was buried in silence - I rose tonight. [Outro Punchline] Ashes to echo - that’s my hymn, I burn in the dark but I’ll never dim.
