Ashes Of Tomorrow

[Long intro with just piano and cello] [Verse 1] Once the sky was full of color, Birds would sing like they knew my name. Meadows blooming in the backyard, Every hour felt like a game. Then the clouds rolled in forever, Turned the flowers into dust. Now the silence feels too honest, Like the world forgot about us. [Pre-Chorus] Hidden so deep in static and screens, Trapped inside these flickering spells — Are we just ghosts in a server, or the dreams That we keep on repeating to ourselves? [Chorus] I’m still trying to fight the phantoms, Close my eyes and gamble with the light. The squadrons of night keep calling my name, But I swear the sun’s still somewhere in sight. Stories of danger, shadows that bite, All these ghosts we invented come back. And even when the storm has passed… I’m still haunted again. [Melancholic breakdown with just cello and piano] [Verse 2] We were kids who sang without worry, Now the notes get caught in my throat. Every beautiful thing we wanted Feels like something we already broke. The night left us here in the wreckage, Crippled with the weight of belief. A loss this big, it clouds up the morning, Makes it hard to imagine relief. [Pre-Chorus] Hidden so deep in veils of deceit, Imprisoned in twisting spells — Are we the playthings of something cruel, Or just the stories we’re telling ourselves? [Chorus} I’m still trying to fight the phantoms, Close my eyes and gamble with the light. The squadrons of night can’t conquer the day, But the shadows still feel so alive. Stories of danger, fearless attack, All these ghosts of delusion come back. Have we been fighting in vain? Fighting in vain… [Bridge / Outro (softer, more Nurture-like)] Though the thunder’s finally quiet, This nightmare laid me down in rags. I’m here mourning what we lost, But still looking up… Still looking for the dawn. Look at the sky… I’m still here.