[Intro]
Ash on the tongue, ember in the breath, a clockwork sun that never rests
Footsteps ring in a corridor of sighs, where shadows keep their old regrets
[Verse 1]
In the heart’s furnace, a blaze that bleeds to the bone
A choir of questions hums in the throat, turning doubt to stone
A horned judge of memory taps the wall with rain-soaked hands
And I, a pilgrim rubble-worn, sift through heat with outstretched hands
[Pre-Chorus]
If guilt is a flame, I am the wick learning to bend
If mercy is a stair, I’m learning to climb again
[Chorus]
Pass through the fire, through the smoke and the ash
Let the past crumble, let the future clash
I walk toward dawn where the echoes forgive
I breathe the light that teaches me how to live
[Verse 2]
A haunted room, a door that sighs with frost and sighs again
Figures of judgment drift like moths, reciting what remains
But a softer figure, a child of rain, offers a quiet hand
Together we name the wound, and choose a kinder plan
[Pre-Chorus]
If fear is a flame, I’m learning to breathe out the fear
If love is a map, I’m tracing the lines that draw me near
[Chorus]
Pass through the fire, through the smoke and the ash
Let the past crumble, let the future clash
I walk toward dawn where the echoes forgive
I breathe the light that teaches me how to live
[Bridge]
The purgatorial glare becomes a glass through which I view
My cracked reflection softened by grace, becoming someone new
Judgment tolls like distant bells, then softens into rain
I take a step, and the circle breaks, I’m free to name my name
[Chorus]
Pass through the fire, through the smoke and the ash
Let the past crumble, let the future clash
I walk toward dawn where the echoes forgive
I breathe the light that teaches me how to live
[Outro]
From embers to a breath, from pain to a choosing heart
The corridor fades to a door where mercy charts the start
I walk beyond the flame, not unscarred, but made awake
In the liminal glow, I learn the path I’ll take
