Ashes on The Balcony

[Intro] The night leans heavy, the city don’t sleep I light another fire for the secrets I keep Out where the wind meets the break of day Love turns to smoke, and smoke drifts away [Verse 1] Your dress is still hangin’, your glass by the chair The scent of your shadow still hangs in the air I reach for your whisper, but the silence replies All I’m left holdin’ are ashes and lies [Chorus] Ashes on the balcony, fallin’ through the night Ashes on the balcony, vanish in the light I gave you my soul, I gave you my name But ashes don’t answer, they all burn the same [Verse 2] The neighbors heard laughter, the neighbors heard fights The gospel of lovin’ we preached through the nights Now I pray to the smoke rings that fade in the sky They don’t carry your promise, they don’t carry why [Chorus] Ashes on the balcony, scattered in the rain Ashes on the balcony, all that will remain I gave you my blood, I gave you my years But ashes can’t listen, they can’t hear my tears [Bridge] Oh, Lord, I swore we’d outlast the flame But the fire keeps no witness, it remembers no name I reach for salvation in a match I can’t strike Every love I have known burns away in the night [Guitar Solo – 16 bars, mournful and soaring, echoing Jessie’s cries] [Verse 3] You were Sunday morning, you were Friday sin You were every lost battle, every place I begin Now the balcony’s empty, the bottle is dry And the wind tells the story no one can deny [Final Chorus] Ashes on the balcony, driftin’ with the breeze Ashes on the balcony, bring me to my knees I gave you my heart, my faith, my breath But ashes don’t answer… they only confess to death [Outro] Ashes on the balcony… ashes in the dawn Ashes on the balcony… and you’re gone…