Original lyrics ©2026 Âmebrûlante. All rights reserved. [Verse1] The courthouse steps were more quiet than I thought No dramatic echo, no final judgment brought Just a folder in my hand, my name scratched in black ink And the hollow where the fire used to burn in me The pen felt like a scalpel, cutting half of me away Eighteen years we built, I lost it all that day No triumph, no defeat, just a broken forward path And I’m a remnant left to haunt the aftermath [Pre-Chorus 1] All the landmines buried in every word we said Now lie quiet in the ashes where we bled [Chorus] This is the aftermath The fire’s died There’s only ash And the memories that tried to break me Will finally forget my name Lost faith in resurrection Lost hope in going back Just breathing in the silence Of the aftermath [Verse 2] The peace I thought I’d feel brought me no relief Just sorrow at my side from endings carved in grief Buried by the weight of what we tried and everything it cost And the traces of the places where the plot got lost Your shadow in the window is fading as I pass I don’t hate who we were, but I know we couldn’t last We were sparks in the wrong wind, flames out of control Now I fight to keep what's left of me from being swallowed whole [Pre-Chorus 2] All the rubble from the conflict over each unsettled score Still lingers in the silence of the life we had before [Chorus] This is the aftermath The fire’s died There’s only ash And the memories that tried to break me Will finally forget my name Lost faith in resurrection Lost hope in going back Just breathing in the silence Of the aftermath [Bridge] I thought I’d feel something When it was said and done Some kind of peace or closure But I don’t feel either one And in this moment All I feel is less than before Like I left half of myself Dying slowly on the floor [Final Chorus] This is the aftermath The ruins of the life we planned And whatever comes next for me I’ll face it as I am No saints lost in the wreckage No villains left to cast Just learning how to live again In the aftermath [Outro] No more war No more masks Just the man I am In the aftermath
