[Verse 1] The fire came swift No time to grieve It took the branches Stripped the leaves But in the soil A breath remained The quiet echo After flame [Chorus] Beneath the ash The roots still dream The earth remembers What it means To fall apart To break and burn To find the place Where life returns [Verse 2] Smoke in my hair Salt on my skin I shed my name To let light in No more the mask No need to run I walk as one With ash and sun [Chorus] Beneath the ash The roots still dream The earth remembers What it means To fall apart To break and burn To find the place Where life returns [Bridge – Spoken or Chanted] Fire is not the end It is the threshold The ancestors knew The way through flame They sang it into stone They whispered it in bone [Final Chorus – softer, slower] Beneath the ash I plant my name The sacred ground Becomes my flame I rise not new But more of me A soul unbound And finally free
