Ashes of the Citadel

[Verse 1] Broken banners Tangle in the winter rain Marble faces Cracked beneath the ivy chain All the oaths you carved in stone Fade like breath against the glass I trace them with a shaking hand Ask how long this grief will last [Chorus] From the ashes of the citadel I call your name, but it echoes back as silence Every promise that we couldn’t tell Falls like glass in a storm of blind defiance Raise the ruins like a monument To every vow we let burn in the dark as we fell I stand alone in the howling wind Crowned in the ashes of the citadel [Verse 2] Empty corridors Footsteps that are only mine Faded portraits Eyes that never meet my mind If I turn, will you be there Smoke and shadow at my side? Or just another hollow throne Built on everything we tried? [Chorus] From the ashes of the citadel I call your name, but it echoes back as silence Every promise that we couldn’t tell Falls like glass in a storm of blind defiance Raise the ruins like a monument To every vow we let burn in the dark as we fell I stand alone in the howling wind Crowned in the ashes of the citadel