Ash To Dawn

Lyrics

Verse 1
I was raised by a storm in a small house frame
Hands full of silence, a mouth full of blame
The walls held echoes of things unsaid
I learned to sleep with a fist in my bed

My mother’s mother, and hers before
Kept the hurt like a lock on a hidden door
But I found the crack where the cold came through
And I put my name on what I knew

Pre-Chorus
I won’t wear the chain
I won’t pass the flame
I lift up the dark
And speak my name

Chorus
Ash to dawn, ash to dawn
I bend the wound till the fear is gone
Ice to warmth, ice to warmth
I break the line, I change the form
Ash to dawn, ash to dawn
My son will grow where the light belongs
I hold him close, I hold him strong
Ash to dawn, ash to dawn

Verse 2
Now I watch his small hand reach for mine
Little gold pulse in the bitter time
When he cries, I don’t turn away
I let the hurt have a name to say

I kiss his hair like a prayer made real
Teach him love is a place you feel
Not a cage, not a bruise, not a locked-up past
I’m the first true home he gets to have

Pre-Chorus
I won’t repeat
What broke me down
I lay new roots
In this ground

Chorus
Ash to dawn, ash to dawn
I bend the wound till the fear is gone
Ice to warmth, ice to warmth
I break the line, I change the form
Ash to dawn, ash to dawn
My son will grow where the light belongs
I hold him close, I hold him strong
Ash to dawn, ash to dawn

Bridge
Let the old tide pull
Let it scream and fall
I was never made
Just to carry it all
From the deep blue bruise
From the embered past
I choose this love
I choose it at last

Final Chorus
Ash to dawn, ash to dawn
I bend the wound till the fear is gone
Ice to warmth, ice to warmth
I break the line, I change the form
Ash to dawn, ash to dawn
My son will grow where the light belongs
I hold him close, I hold him strong
Ash to dawn, ash to dawn

Outro
Fire in the river
Light in my chest
The night can break
But I bring him rest