Ashes Where Fire Should Be (Music Box Ballad Remix)

[Intro – falsetto over solo piano] [Falsetto run, breathy] Ashes fall… where fire should be… A quiet grave inside of me… ⸻ [Verse 1 – soft chest voice, restrained] Every glance was an inferno [piano + faint bass] Now I’m choking on the smoke… We were flames beneath the silence, But the heat has left me broke. ⸻ [Pre-Chorus – whispered harmonies rising] (Every spark… has turned to stone) (Every vow… we can’t atone) I still bleed from where you burned… [Melisma sliding down burn–e–e–d] ⸻ [Chorus – full chest belts with strings] [Belting, long sustained notes] Ashes where fire should be, Your silence still scorches me. I’m holding the embers close, Even when nothing grows. (Where nothing gro–o–o–ows, whispered echoes) ⸻ [Verse 2 – falsetto lead + whispered harmonies] I remember every fever [falsetto, trembling] How your shadow lit my skin… Now the cold has carved a memory, And the ash is all that wins. ⸻ [Pre-Chorus – stronger harmonies] (Every spark… has turned to stone) (Every vow… we can’t atone) Still I burn in empty rooms… [Whistle note echo above] ⸻ [Chorus – bigger, more intense belts] [Belting harder, melismas curling upward] Ashes where fire should be, Your silence still scorches me. I’m holding the embers close, Even when nothing grows. (Where nothing gro–o–o–ows, gospel-like harmony) ⸻ [Bridge – explosive piano + strings, emotional climax] [Whistle notes layered behind belts] I can’t breathe without the flame… But I can’t erase your name… If the fire never shows… Still the ashes always know. [Melisma spiraling upward on kno–o–o–ow] ⸻ [Final Chorus – full dramatic climax with harmonies + whistles] [Chest belts with gospel choir harmonies, layered falsettos] Ashes where fire should be, Your silence still scorches me. I’m holding the embers close, Even when nothing grows. (Where nothing gro–o–o–ows, whispered and belted layers) [Whistle run shooting upward into fade] ⸻ [Outro – whispered falsetto fading out] [Falsetto whisper] Ashes fall… where fire should be… But I still carry… the smoke in me.