[Intro] Ash settles softly on the tongue The morning never comes [Verse 1] You found me counting cracks in the ceiling One for each promise we could not keep The room was cold, the curtains breathing I wore the silence like a second skin Your hands were warm but already leaving A pale red mark where the pulse had been I tried to speak, the air kept thinning Your name dissolved before it reached my lips [Pre-Chorus] Stay near the edge of me Don’t ask what’s left to save I’m tired of carrying A heart that will not break [Chorus] When the black tide rises over us I will meet it with my eyes closed Let the weight come down, let the old world rust There is nowhere left for us to go You were the last small fire in the snow Now even that burns cold [Verse 2] The wires hum beneath the pavement The hospital clock forgets the hour We trade our sleep for medication And call the numbness something like power I saw your face inside the window A stranger wearing what I used to know You mouthed a word I could not follow Then vanished with the falling radio [Pre-Chorus] Stay near the edge of me Don’t ask what’s left to save I’m tired of carrying A heart that will not break [Chorus] When the black tide rises over us I will meet it with my eyes closed Let the weight come down, let the old world rust There is nowhere left for us to go You were the last small fire in the snow Now even that burns cold [Bridge] I am not afraid of dying I am afraid of waking Finding every ruin standing Finding you still waiting [Breakdown] Lower the sky Bury the sound Let every promise Collapse underground [Final Chorus] When the black tide rises over us I will meet it with my eyes closed Let the weight come down, let the old world rust There is nowhere left for us to go You were the last small fire in the snow Now even that burns cold [Outro] Ash settles softly on the tongue The morning never comes I breathe until the dark is gone
