smoke faded
Lyrics
SINKING (INTERLUDE)"
TYUS - Spoken Vocals over instrumental
I'm sinking.
Not drowning. Sinking. There's a difference. Drowning is panic and struggle and the desperate reaching for the surface. Sinking is acceptance. Sinking is the slow descent into pressure and darkness without resistance.
They keep offering me the rope, but the rope is attached to their hands. And if I grab it, I'm tied to them. If I don't grab it, I'm complicit in my own descent. Either way, I'm sinking.
The water is getting colder. The pressure is getting heavier. And I'm not struggling anymore. I've accepted that the surface is too far away. I've accepted that the only direction is down.
Maybe something waits at the bottom. Maybe there's solid ground. Maybe I'll hit bottom and bounce back up. Or maybe this is just sinking. And maybe that's enough.ASHES (INTERLUDE)"
[TYUS - Spoken Word over minimal production]
What's left when everything's gone? What remains when the fire's consumed it all?
We came in hot, burning everything in our path, thinking destruction was evolution. Thinking we were building something by tearing everything down. But all I see now is ash. All I feel now is hollow.
They say from ashes comes rebirth. But maybe some things deserve to stay dead. Maybe some flames shouldn't be reignited. Maybe the cost of burning it all was too high.
And now I'm standing in the rubble of my own making, wondering if the heat was worth the cold that followed.BURN IT ALL DOWN"
PARTYEXTDOOR - Verse 1
Burn it all down, that's the only way through
Tearing down the structures that they built to control you
Can't negotiate with a system that don't give a damn
Might as well detonate everything and take a stand
They built these walls to keep the chaos out
But chaos is the only honest thing about
So I'm striking the match, I'm igniting the flame
Watch the whole foundation crumble, nothing's ever the same
LYFE HARRIS K - Verse 2
Burn it down to the foundation, that's the only option
When the whole thing's rotten, the whole thing's toxic
Started with a whisper but it turned to a scream
Now we're living in the ruins of somebody's dream
Can't rebuild what's honest on dishonest ground
So we burn it all down, burn it all down
Maybe from the ashes something real can grow
But first we gotta watch the old world go
HOOK - Both
Burn it all down, down, down
Watch the kingdom crumble to the ground
Burn it all down, that's the only way
Can't save what's already decayedSMOKE CLEARS"
PARTYEXTDOOR - Verse 1
Smoke clears and all that's left is aftermath
The destruction is the only evidence of our path
No apologies, no excuses, no regrets
Just consequences that we haven't paid yet
We burned it down like we said we would
Everything that's evil and everything that's good
Now we're standing in the silence of what we've done
And it's darker than the light of a thousand suns
TYUS - Verse 2
When the smoke clears, what are we left with?
Burnt ground and broken spirits
The technical precision can't help us now
We wanted elevation, but we don't know how
To live in a world where we've destroyed the path
Where the only thing remaining is aftermath
We wanted transcendence but we got descent
Now we're counting up all the time we spent
LYFE HARRIS K - Verse 3
The smoke is clearing but the air still tastes like ash
We traded our futures for one last flash
Of glory and of power and of violent light
Now we're living in the darkness of the endless night
No redemption coming, no answers to find
Just the echo of the fires we left behind
This is the cost of burning it all down
This is the silence when the chaos leaves town
PARTYEXTDOOR - Final Hook
The smoke clears, but the damage remains
We got what we wanted, now we pay the chains
Fire in the sky, but the sky's still dark
We lit the world up, now we living in the stark
Reality of choices that we can't take back
No coming forward, only looking at the black[Intro]
(Instrumental Solo)
Verse 1
Smoke clears, only aftermath remains
Our path’s only proof is the ruin we’ve stained
No apologies, no excuses, no regrets
Just unpaid consequences hanging over our heads
We burned it all down like we swore we would
Every evil, every good, every last piece of what we could
Chorus
The smoke clears, but the damage stays
We got our wish, now the chains start to weigh
Fire blazed the sky, but the dark still won’t break
We lit the world up, now we choke on the stark, cold wake
Choices we can’t take back, no way to retract
Only the black void staring us in the face, no turning back
Verse 2
When the smoke lifts, what’s left to hold?
Scorched earth and spirits, cracked and cold
All the precision in the world can’t fix this mess
We chased elevation, but forgot how to progress
We destroyed the path we were meant to tread
Now all that’s left is the aftermath we bred
We craved transcendence, but crashed into descent
Counting every wasted minute we spent
Verse 3
Smoke fades, but the air still tastes like ash
We bartered our futures