Ashes in my lungs

[Intro – ambient keys into breakdown]  
I can’t breathe…  
(ASHES!)  
Inhale regret, exhale what’s left  
(GO!)

[Verse 1 – screamed]  
You carved your name in my chest with a blade  
Now I carry the pain like a prize I made  
Every lie you spoke was a brand-new cage  
And I still sleep in the bed of my rage  
Hands tied by the ghosts I trust  
Every heartbeat covered in rust  
Tried to run but the past caught up  
Now I scream in silence just to feel enough  

[Pre-Chorus – clean vocals]  
I was never your savior  
You just needed someone to break  
And I bled for your favor  
Now I’m drowning in my own wake  

[Chorus – melodic and powerful]  
Ashes in my lungs  
Breathing you in, it still burns  
You said love, then let me crash  
Left me here with all this ash  
Scars that speak when you’re not near  
Memories loud, but you disappear  
Ashes in my lungs  
But I still breathe you in…  

[Verse 2 – screamed then blended]  
I tore the mirror from the wall  
I hate the way I watched me fall  
You wore my trust like a mask  
Now I see the truth in shattered glass  
Sick of tryna write the end  
To a story you won’t defend  
You burned the bridge, then cried at smoke  
But I’m the one who always chokes  

[Breakdown – brutal delivery]  
(ASHES IN MY LUNGS!)  
I inhale ruin, I exhale pain  
You left your shadow in my veins  
(I STILL FEEL YOU!)  
Even when I beg not to  
Even when I break, I want you  

[Chorus – repeat]  
Ashes in my lungs  
Breathing you in, it still burns  
You said love, then let me crash  
Left me here with all this ash  
Scars that speak when you’re not near  
Memories loud, but you disappear  
Ashes in my lungs  
But I still breathe you in…

[Outro – ambient fade, whispered vocals]  
I still breathe you in…  
Even when I know it kills me…

Post-hardcore, metalcore, 160 BPM, heavy distorted guitars, screamed and clean male vocals, emotional lyrics about heart