𝒶𝓈𝒽𝑒𝓈 & 𝒶𝓅𝓇𝒾𝒸𝑜𝓉 𝓌𝒾𝓃𝑒

We built a fire out of borrowed time Every spark was yours, every breath was mine We carved our names in the midnight glow But some stories end before they grow Your laughter lingered like a fragile flame I reached for love, but it never stayed the same And when the night collapsed into the dawn I found myself with everything gone You said forever, I believed the sound But every promise left me on the ground Now I’m holding ashes in my hands Sifting through the pieces of what we planned And I can taste the sweetness, bittersweet sign Like apricot wine on a fragile night We painted futures on a fragile wall Every stroke was hope, but the cracks grew tall You kissed me once like it was the last A fleeting dream already in the past I tried to gather every broken shard But loving you was learning how to scar The walls still echo with your name But silence always wins the game You said forever, I believed the sound But every promise left me on the ground Now I’m holding ashes in my hands Sifting through the pieces of what we planned And I can taste the sweetness, bittersweet sign Like apricot wine on a fragile night [soft, arching] Maybe love was meant to break A fleeting glow we couldn’t save I’ll raise a glass to what we knew And let the embers fade from view [softer, resigned] Now I’m holding ashes in my hands Sifting through the pieces of what we planned And I can taste the sweetness, bittersweet sign Like apricot wine on a fragile night [piano + vocal only] Ashes fall, I let them lie… A sip of something sweet, goodbye. [layered, whispered to soaring] Ashes in the morning light… Ashes falling through the night… Apricot wine on my tongue, Tastes like the love that came undone. Ashes in the river’s flow, Ashes of a life I’ll never know… Apricot wine, bittersweet, divine— A memory that was never mine.