Garden of Rust

[Verse 1] I chased those fireflies through this city's broken fields at dusk Watched them twist to moths, wings frantic for a flame that turns to dust I’ve been reaching for the light every day of my life Now the girl I used to be is burning out inside [Chorus] This world is a garden of rust where nothing living dares to grow I used to carry rivers of fire, now the river’s thick and slow I’m sinking slow into its beauty, the dark dressed up in velvet lies This world is a garden of rust Please let me go… go, go, go, go, go, go [Verse 2] Magnolia petals fall soft against my skin, then curl and burn to ash The cypress kneels in mourning for the cracked doll the swamp has claimed at last Backwaters' whisper drags me under, forces this awakening I never chose The city keeps pulling deeper where the last good light gets exposed [Chorus] This world is a garden of rust where nothing living dares to grow I used to carry rivers of fire, now the river’s thick and slow I’m sinking slow into its beauty, the dark dressed up in velvet lies This world is a garden of rust I’m not afraid anymore… it almost feels like home [Bridge] I’m not ready to name what’s unraveling But the light above is growing thin There’s a trembling grace in the breaking A flicker I can barely hold within Will thunder ever come? Or will this same cold light keep burning Where all hope dies? [Final Chorus] Your shadow’s still feeding that last little spark, keeping the night from swallowing me whole In all this decay, something fragile keeps trembling, too weak now to call it alive This world is a garden of rust… Don’t let the ember go quiet Don’t let the dark pull me under and keep me Don’t let me go… go, go, go, go, go, go Don’t let me go