[Verse 1] Boots in the mud Blood on my sleeve Every name I never knew Still follows me Mother’s voice Fades in the roar Signed my soul over To somebody’s war [Chorus] You take the ashes off my hands Say I was forced to understand All of this hurt I’m carrying Is not who I am You keep on knocking at the door Of a heart that don’t feel safe no more You call me back from all this fire You call me back to something higher (oh, you take the ashes off my hands) [Verse 2] You found me there Cold as the steel Said my darkness didn’t scare you You just wanted something real Every risk You carved in your skin Trading every breath you had Just to pull me out again [Chorus] You take the ashes off my hands Say I was forced to understand All of this hurt I’m carrying Is not who I am You keep on knocking at the door Of a heart that don’t feel safe no more You call me back from all this fire You call me back to something higher [Bridge] I was the storm they pointed at You were the secret map back home Cut every chain they tied around me Rather die than let me go How can I hate what held me up When all I knew was falling down? You said “love is not surrender” As you burned their empire down (oh, you burned it down) [Chorus] You take the ashes off my hands Say I was made to love again All of these ghosts I’m burying Are fading where we stand You keep on knocking at the door Till I’m not terrified no more Now in the quiet after fire Your heartbeat is my only choir You take the ashes off my hands (you take the ashes off my hands)
