Verse 1 She grew up where the silence lived In the spaces where love should have been Learned to smile through the cracks in her heart And wear the scars beneath her skin She watched the world through a broken frame Wondering why she never fit Giving away every piece of herself While nobody noticed she was running out of it Pre-Chorus Every tear became a river Every wound became a road She carried all their heavy shadows Longer than anyone should Chorus Now the ashes are dancing on the Carolina wind All the hurt she held so tightly disappearing again Every goodbye, every lonely night Every time she felt she had to hide She's watching yesterday fade into the blue Like smoke from a fire she no longer walks through The girl she was is finally free Carried away where the pain can't reach Like ashes on the Carolina wind Verse 2 She loved a man who loved himself More than he could ever love her soul She gave him everything she had While he left her standing in the cold But broken roads can lead somewhere And the darkest nights still meet the dawn When she stopped searching for someone to save her The right one came along Pre-Chorus He saw the light she couldn't see Through all the years of doubt and rain He held her heart like it mattered And slowly healed the places pain remained Chorus Now the ashes are dancing on the Carolina wind All the hurt she held so tightly disappearing again Every goodbye, every lonely night Every time she felt she had to hide She's watching yesterday fade into the blue Like smoke from a fire she no longer walks through The girl she was is finally free Carried away where the pain can't reach Like ashes on the Carolina wind Bridge No more measuring her worth By the love she never got No more chasing empty promises Or becoming what she's not The mountains stand before her now The horizon wide and gold And for the first time in her life She's excited for the unknown Final Chorus Now the ashes are dancing on the Carolina wind Every dream she almost buried is awakening again Every heartbreak, every tear Led her to this moment here She's stronger than the shadows she survived Brighter than the stars that guided her through the night A brand-new Carolina standing tall Looking ahead instead of behind it all And the future is calling her name Like a sunrise after endless rain The best is yet to come, she believes As the Carolina wind carries away The ashes she no longer needs Outro Carolina... Leave the past where the smoke disappears... Carolina... Your best years are waiting here...
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