ASHES & AFTERGLOW [INTRO - Ember, whispered] You left the fire burning... I just learned how to breathe in the smoke. [VERSE 1 - Ember] Your perfume still lives in the hallway Your shadow dances where you used to stay Funny how the heart keeps souvenirs From every word we swore we'd never hear I gave you midnight You gave me dawn We kept holding on After love was gone Now every photograph Feels like a loaded gun One little memory And here it comes [PRE-HOOK - Ember] I don't miss the damage I miss who we were Before every promise Started feeling like a curse [HOOK - Ember] We're ashes and afterglow Burned out but beautiful Pieces of a love we know We can't hold but won't let go Ashes... Aftergloooooow... Still feeling your heat When you're nowhere close We're ashes and afterglow [VERSE 2 - Ember] I changed the locks inside my mind But your name still finds a way inside I don't hate you, that's the truth I just hate what loving you made me lose Now I'm learning How to stand alone Building something Out of broken stone Every scar has a story Every tear had a cost I found my reflection In everything we lost [PRE-HOOK - Ember] I don't need the ending To know what it meant Some fires leave warmth Long after they're spent [HOOK - Ember] We're ashes and afterglow Burned out but beautiful Pieces of a love we know We can't hold but won't let go Ashes... Aftergloooooow... Still feeling your heat When you're nowhere close We're ashes and afterglow [BRIDGE - Ember, intimate] Maybe we were never meant To make it through the storm Maybe some loves only exist To change who you become And if I see you someday I won't look away I'll remember the fire Then keep walking anyway [BREAK - Ember, soft] No... I won't go back. [FINAL HOOK - Ember, rising into powerful sustained notes] We're ashes and afterglow Burned out but beautiful I survived the undertow Now I'm finally letting go Ashes... Aftergloooooow... You were once my fire Now I'm my own We're ashes and afterglow [OUTRO - Ember, whispered] Some fires end... Some teach you how to glow.
