Ashes in the Holler
“Ashes in the Holler” is about being born into something heavy , family, history, pain , and deciding to face it instead of running. It’s about generational ghosts, religious weight, and identity that never fit right… all building into that moment where fire becomes both destruction and freedom. Burning it down isn’t giving up , it’s reclaiming yourself. At its core, it’s transformation: turning inherited pain into power and becoming something that can’t be contained. VYRE =================================== Bare feet On the kitchen tile Moonshine jar Full of kerosene smiles Mama’s voice Through a screen door crack Says “You can’t outrun What’s riding your back” I hear old bones rattle in the floorboards Names in the dust that I can’t ignore I taste iron in the well-water rain Every sip Every drip Feels like pain Burn it down in the holler Let it scream my name (my name) I was born from the smoke I was raised by the flame (by the flame) All these ghosts in my blood All this rust in my veins I’m the fire in the forest you could never contain Church dress Hanging like a shed skin Cross on the wall Tilted from the wind Whispers rise From the coal-black dirt Saying “Every holy word Still hurts” I see small black feathers in the doorway Ash in the shape of my own face I taste salt like a long-kept cry Every breath Every step Feels like lies Burn it down in the holler Let it scream my name (hey) I was born from the smoke I was raised by the flame All these ghosts in my blood All this rust in my veins I’m the fire in the forest you could never contain Tie red thread ‘Round my wrist ‘round my throat Sing that low song Like an old Cracked oath If I go under Pull me in deep Where the roots hold tight And the lost don’t sleep (ooh) Burn it down in the holler Let it scream my name (my name) I was born from the smoke I was raised by the flame All these ghosts in my blood All this rust in my veins I’m the fire in the forest you could never contain Burn it down in the holler Let it take my shame Let the dirt take the blame Let the dark take the blame All these ghosts in my blood All this rust in my veins I’m the fire in the forest you could never contain
