7.Ash in the Shape of Me

[Verse 1] The dust still clings where names once stayed I walk through echoes I never made Every breath, a weight I wear Built from silence, shaped by glare [Verse 2] They called me hollow — they weren’t wrong But in that void, I made my song No melody, just fractured tone A voice that grew where I was thrown [Chorus] I’m ash in the shape of something real A shadow forged in tempered steel Not who I was, not who they see Just what remains — just what's free [Verse 3] Memories burn but don’t release They haunt like gods that never cease Still I carry them, ember-tight Not for warmth — just for the fight [Bridge] Don’t look for meaning in the pain Some stories bleed but leave no name I am the scar no time can hide The echo left when heroes died [Final Chorus] I’m ash in the shape of something true No resurrection — just what I do I walk the end, I breathe defeat And still, I rise on broken feet