[Verse 1] You built your throne from little cuts Thought I’d never count them up Every silence, every slight Every fire I swallowed every night You mistook my grace for weakness Mistook my staying for belief But even saints get tired of bleeding Even ghosts eventually leave [Pre-Chorus] I don’t need thunder I don’t need signs I’ve got old blood And a long memory tonight [Chorus] Let the ashes know my name Let the candle hold the flame I’m not cursing you I’m calling back Every piece of me I gave away May the doors I need swing wide May the truth stand at my side You can keep the smoke You can keep the blame I’ll walk out whole And the ashes know my name [Verse 2] You always had a clever reason Some little story dressed as truth I got tired of translating What your actions always proved So I buried all my pleading Under rosemary and salt Every road I thought was closed Was never mine to carry at all [Pre-Chorus] I don’t need vengeance I don’t need blood I just need enough To finally choose myself [Chorus] Let the ashes know my name Let the candle hold the flame I’m not cursing you I’m calling back Every piece of me I gave away May the doors I need swing wide May the truth stand at my side You can keep the smoke You can keep the blame I’ll walk out whole And the ashes know my name [Bridge] If the mirror ever finds you May you finally look it through May every excuse fall silent When there’s no one left to fool And if you feel a sudden absence Where my warmth used to remain That’s not magic That’s what happens When a woman stops explaining pain [Final Chorus] Let the ashes know my name Let the whole night speak my name I am done with being haunted By a love that never changed May my hands be filled with gold May my future be my own You can call it fate I call it flame I walked out whole And the ashes know my name [Outro] Ashes know my name Ashes know my name I walked out whole And the ashes know my name
