Smoke still clings to every breath A quiet hymn in shades of death (The fire spoke what I could not) It burned my name, but left the thought Ashes Whisper in the rain Ghosts of vows I can't explain The flame was cruel, but still it freed The part of me they couldn't bleed I watched it all dissolve in red The words unsaid, the tears I bled But silence grows from what expires And I still hear the moan of fire I don't weep for what was lost The echoes speak in fire and frost A requiem for who I was A fading voice Beneath the dust They lit the flame to make me die But I became the pyre's cry The world moved on and shut its eyes But embers sing where ruin lies I buried hope, I burned regret Yet some goodbyes still echo yet No shrine remains, no mourners came But ashes still recall my name The wind repeats what won't expire The final breath of fire I don't long for what was mine The pyre cleansed, but left a sign A name reborn in flame and loss A crown unclaimed, a heart uncrossed The world forgot how I caught fire But I still sing from the pyre