Mama’s Ashes | A Daughter’s Song of Loss, Addiction, and Grace (Official Lyrics Video)

🕊️ “She burned in smoke, but grace rose from her ashes.”

“Mama’s Ashes” is a soul-bearing confession — the story of a daughter who watched her mother lose herself to addiction,
yet chose to forgive and find freedom through divine love.
This song speaks to every heart that’s lost someone to pain and still believes in healing.

Lyrics:
She lit candles, not for prayer but for smoke,
Said it helped her breathe when the nights felt cold.
I thought it was perfume or something sweet,
Never knew the poison lived beneath.

She'd drift away while I played on the floor,
Her eyes half-open, her soul unsure.
I’d whisper, “Mama, are you okay?”
But she’d just smile and fade away.

I didn’t know back then what it was,
Didn’t know addiction could steal someone I love.
Now I see how smoke turns to chains,
How pleasure can whisper and call your name.

Mama’s ashes on the shelf,
Remind me of what I couldn’t help.
She burned so bright, but the fire lied,
Left nothing but gray where love once cried.
And now I fight the same disguise,
The sweet deceit behind the highs.
But I won’t fade like she did then,
I will rise again.

There were nights I dreamed of saving her face,
Running into rooms full of smoke and grace.
But she was already gone somewhere deep,
In a place where light and dark both sleep.

I see her shadow sometimes in me,
That hunger for what sets you free.
It looks like comfort, it tastes like peace,
But it’s a storm that never sleeps.

I feel the pull, that old desire,
That voice that says, “Just one more try.”
But I’ve seen what ashes do to fire,
They burn the ones who stay alive.

Mama
I didn’t know what you were chasing.
I thought it was perfume, or dreams, or love.
Now I know it was escape.
I understand the craving, the silence, the shame.
I’ve heard that same voice in my veins,
The one that promises peace but gives you pain.

But I’m breaking it here.
This ends with me.
I will not be another name in the smoke.
I will not trade my soul for numbness.
Grace found me before the fire did.
And now I breathe.

Mama’s ashes on the shelf,
Remind me how far I’ve come myself.
You burned for love, I burn for life,
Your chains have broken in my fight.
The smoke that tried to take my breath,
Became the wind that sings instead.
I’m not you but I carry you still,
In every choice to heal.

Mama, I forgive you now.
I know the fire was too loud.
You couldn’t stay but I can.
And I will.
Love didn’t die in the flame,
It rose again, and it carries your name.

🎧 Written by Maria Rayne Official
🎹 Produced with Gentle Whisper (AI Collaboration)
© Maria Rayne Official. All rights reserved.

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