Ashes in My Throat

Spit blood on the welcome mat

Bare feet on the broken glass

Every promise tastes like rust

Every word a shattered mask

I’ve got ashes in my throat

Every scream turns into smoke

Burned my name into your stone

Still you leave me here alone

Ashes in my throat

Choking on the things you wrote

If this fire is all I own

Let it eat me to the bone

Chewed nails

Chewing through the doubt

Cracked mirror where I carve you out

You taught me how to tear

Not heal

Now I’m learning how the scars can feel

I’ve got ashes in my throat

Every scream turns into smoke

Burned my name into your stone

Still you leave me here alone

Ashes in my throat

Choking on the things you wrote

If this fire is all I own

Let it eat me to the bone

Say you never meant it (did you ever care?)

Say you wanna fix it (you are never there)

I don’t need your mercy

I just need the pain

To finally say my name

I’ve got ashes in my throat

Every scream turns into smoke

Burned my name into your stone

Still you leave me here alone

Ashes in my throat

Choking on the things you wrote

If this fire is all I own

Watch me rise up

From the bone