[Verse 1] The night came down like a woven shroud And the cold crept in too fast Mama lit a fire, didn't say much loud Just prayed the storm would pass There’s a silence here that speaks in cracks In the walls and worn-down floors We learn to bend, not break, not crack — But we don’t open doors [Chorus] Oh the fire took the trees, the song took flight And the dawn rose red through the broken light But still we sing in the quiet morn For the ones we lost, and the ones not born Let the hills remember where we’ve been — Just ashes, ashes on the wind [Verse 2] They come each year with their iron smiles And their names we do not say We bury truth in the crooked miles Of the ones who walked away But sorrow hums in the fiddle’s strings In the hush before the dawn And even silence sometimes sings When everything feels gone [Chorus] Oh the fire took the trees, the song took flight And the dawn rose red through the broken light But still we sing in the quiet morn For the ones we lost, and the ones not born Let the hills remember where we’ve been — Just ashes, ashes on the wind [Bridge] So set one plate and leave it bare For the ones who ain’t come home We speak their names in whispered prayer When we walk these fields alone [Verse 3] Now the sun spills gold on the mountain crest Like it knows what came before And I carry grief inside my chest Like a key that fits no door But songs don’t die, they shift and stay Like roots that run down deep And when I sing, I send away The pain I’ll always keep [Final Chorus] Oh the fire took the trees, the song took flight And the dawn rose red through the broken light But still we sing in the quiet morn For the ones we lost, and the ones not born Let the hills remember where we’ve been — Just ashes, ashes on the wind
