The Ash Born

Lyrics

Intro
From the kiln below
I hear my name
Black iron wakes
And tastes the flame

Verse 1
I crawled from cinder sleep
With soot in my veins
The altar cracked open
And called me by shame
Boot prints in the salt
Bone dust on my tongue
A hundred old eyes
In my shadow hung

Pre-Chorus
Hear the ground groan
Hear the walls split
Something ancient
Just lit the pit

Chorus
Ash born
Ash born
We rise from the scorch
Ash born
Ash born
Burn deeper than the torch
(Ash born)
(Ash born)

Verse 2
I wore your prayers like chains
Till the links went red
Now every broken vow
Rattles inside my head
The mask fell apart
In the mouth of the night
I fed my fear to the jaws
And they bit back right

Pre-Chorus
Hear the ground groan
Hear the walls split
Something ancient
Just lit the pit

Chorus
Ash born
Ash born
We rise from the scorch
Ash born
Ash born
Burn deeper than the torch
(Ash born)
(Ash born)

Bridge
Kneel to the smoke
Kneel to the stain
I speak in embers
You answer in pain
The sky folds down
Like a blade in trance
And every dead god
Steps out to dance

Breakdown
Tear it down
Tear it down
Let the black flame swarm
Tear it down
Tear it down
We were forged in the storm
(ash)
(born)

Guitar Solo
[Dual lead guitars trade searing runs and harmonized bends]

Verse 3
Now the mirror spits
What you left behind
A crown of ruin
And a sharpened mind
I wear the wound
Like a sigil, bright
The ash in my chest
Is a second sight

Pre-Chorus
Hear the ground groan
Hear the walls split
Something ancient
Just lit the pit

Final Chorus
Ash born
Ash born
We rise from the scorch
Ash born
Ash born
Burn deeper than the torch
Ash born
Ash born
We hunger, we storm
(Ash born)
(Ash born)
We were made by the storm

Outro
From the kiln below
The black bells ring
I was never your son
I am the thing