Embers & Echoes

[Verse 1] Ash on my tongue Steel in the mud Boot prints fading Into trampled flood Smoke still talking In a broken tongue Names in the dirt That die on my lungs [Chorus] Embers & Echoes That’s all we carry home Ghosts in our shadows March beside us Skin and bone I walk this blackened hollow Where every heartbeat knows We’re made of Embers & Echoes [Verse 2] Flag torn sideways Snagged on a stone Wine-stained banner Stiff as a bone Your laugh still lingers Sharp as the cold Cut through the cinders Like a story half-told [Chorus] Embers & Echoes That’s all we carry home Ghosts in our shadows March beside us Skin and bone I walk this blackened hollow Where every heartbeat knows We’re made of Embers & Echoes [Bridge] If I sing your name Will you answer back? From the hill From the hollow From the blood-dark track I was young I was certain Now I only know How the fire keeps the memory Long after it goes (oh) [Chorus] Embers & Echoes That’s all we carry home Ghosts in our shadows March beside us Skin and bone I walk this blackened hollow Where every heartbeat knows We’re made of Embers & Echoes We’re made of Embers & Echoes