Ashen Orchard
by Deja
Lyrics
Verse 1
I found my name in soot
On the window glass
Half-burned, half-blind
Still asking what I lack
The house kept all my years
In drawers and broken frames
I learned to love the dark
When it learned my shape
Pre-Chorus
I dug through every scar
Like it was holy ground
I took the ache apart
And heard that hollow sound
If I made less than dust
Then what am I for?
A room with open hands
And nothing at the door
Chorus
Shadow work, shadow work
Hold me in the black
Shadow work, shadow work
I keep coming back
Void of creation
Where my bones first sang
Beautiful ruin
In my ruined hands
Verse 2
I watched the garden sleep
Under frozen ash
No seed ever asked me
To bring the spring back
I kissed the edge of grief
Like it knew my face
And every time I fell
I fell into place
Pre-Chorus
I dug through every scar
Like it was holy ground
I took the ache apart
And heard that hollow sound
If I made less than dust
Then what am I for?
A room with open hands
And nothing at the door
Chorus
Shadow work, shadow work
Hold me in the black
Shadow work, shadow work
I keep coming back
Void of creation
Where my bones first sang
Beautiful ruin
In my ruined hands
Bridge
Let the hourglass shatter
Let the quiet bite
I was born from the break
And baptized in night
If I cannot be whole
Then let me be true
A black-winged prayer
That survives the blue
Final Chorus
Shadow work, shadow work
Hold me in the black
Shadow work, shadow work
I keep coming back
Void of creation
Where my bones first sang
Beautiful ruin
In my ruined hands
Shadow work, shadow work
Say my ghost by name
Shadow work, shadow work
I wear the blame
Void of creation
Still I stand at dawn
Beautiful ruin
And the dark goes on