Ashes In My Hands

Lyrics

Verse 1
I wore my shame like skin
Kept the bottle in my fist
Left a trail of broken trust
In the rooms I used to kiss

My hands were never clean
My words came out like knives
I fed the fire in my veins
And called it staying alive

Pre-Chorus
But I heard that small voice call
Through the smoke and the flood
Said, "Look me in the eye"
"There's still light in your blood"

Chorus
I'm clawing back, I'm clawing back
From the ash and the black
I broke your heart, I know I did
I carry every crack

I'm clawing back, I'm clawing back
I won't let the old ghost win
There's light in me, there's light ahead
And I am coming in

Verse 2
I saw the tears I caused
In the faces I went blind
Every lie I built my name on
Left a canyon in their minds

Now I write the names I wronged
On a page beside my bed
Say each one like a prayer
For the things I never said

Pre-Chorus
I can't change what I became
But I can change my stride
I can kneel inside the wreckage
And still stand up inside

Chorus
I'm clawing back, I'm clawing back
From the ash and the black
I broke your heart, I know I did
I carry every crack

I'm clawing back, I'm clawing back
I won't let the old ghost win
There's light in me, there's light ahead
And I am coming in

Bridge
Take this wreck of a man
Take these scars in my palm
I burned the house to the frame
Now I'm building back calm

If you can hear me now
I am sorry to the bone
For every door I slammed
For every seed I never sown

Breakdown
No more running
No more chain
No more poison
No more shame

Final Chorus
I'm clawing back, I'm clawing back
From the ash and the black
I broke your heart, I know I did
I carry every crack

I'm clawing back, I'm clawing back
I won't let the old ghost win
There's light in me, there's light ahead
And I am coming in

There's light in me
There's light in me
And I am coming in