Ashes and Echoes

[Intro – eerie strings + soft beat]
(Whispers in the smoke...)
We were fire
Now we’re ash

[Verse 1 – soft, emotional]
You held my hand when the world was falling
We built a dream while the gears were crawling
But time is cruel and silence screams
Now I wake inside broken dreams

[Pre-Chorus – tension builds]
Can you still hear me calling through the noise?
Through metal walls and shattered toys?

[Chorus – powerful, cinematic]
Ashes and echoes, we burned too bright
Lost in the shadows of wrong and right
We were the spark that lit the sky
Now I’m just learning how to say goodbye

[Verse 2 – darker tone]
The city bleeds its poisoned gold
They sold us lies, now the truth feels cold
Sister, monster, hero, ghost
I don’t know which I’ve lost the most

[Pre-Chorus – whispered then strong]
I see your eyes in every flame
But nothing now still feels the same

[Chorus – full sound]
Ashes and echoes, we burned too bright
Torn by the choices we couldn't fight
You were my hope, you were my war
Now I don't know what we’re fighting for

[Bridge – emotional peak]
We made a world from gears and glass
Built it fast, watched it crash
If I could turn the hours back
Would I choose a different path?

[Final Chorus – haunting and raw]
Ashes and echoes, we fade with grace
Two broken hearts in a twisted place
If you remember, if you care
I’ll be the whisper in the midnight air...

[Outro – fading piano & wind sounds]
Ashes…
And echoes…
We were fire.
Now we’re ash.