[Verse 1] I wake up in the static, same four walls and cold regret The ghosts I used to talk to ain’t come ‘round my head just yet Photographs are fading, got their voices in my spine But the world keeps moving like I got no place in time [Pre-Chorus] Bills pile up like tombstones Empty fridge, cracked phone Shadows where my heart used to beat And no one's picking up when I scream [Chorus] I’m just ashes in the crowd Screaming quiet, screaming loud Everyone I loved is gone And I’m left to carry on But this world don’t make no space For the broke or out of place I’m alone, I’m wearing down Just some ashes in the crowd [Verse 2] Streetlights flicker like they’re laughing at my pain Concrete jungle drowns me in synthetic rain Talkin’ to myself like I’m the only one who stays ‘Cause friends and blood and lovers all just fade away [Pre-Chorus] This mind’s a war zone Where silence cuts to bone Society just shrugs me off Like I never mattered at all [Chorus] I’m just ashes in the crowd Screaming quiet, screaming loud Everyone I loved is dust And I’ve lost the will to trust Can’t find peace, can’t find a name No one sees me, no one stays I’m alone, I’m wearing down Just some ashes in the crowd [Bridge] (Half-spoken, gritted teeth) No God, no savior Just rent and empty favor My soul’s been sold in pieces To survive another day... (Explodes into shouted line) AND I’M STILL HERE—why the hell am I still here? [Final Chorus] I’m just ashes in the crowd Fading slow, but screaming loud Everyone I loved is gone And I’m cursed to carry on No more tears, I’ve burned ‘em out In this concrete cage of doubt I’m alone, I’m breaking down Still just ashes in the crowd [Outro – whispered, reverb-heavy] Ashes… In the crowd… Just ashes… Nothing left now...
