Lyrics

I was taught to walk with my head down
To make myself small in every room
Told it’s easier if I stay quiet
But silence only ever made more wounds

They called it kindness when I folded
Called it grace when I let it slide
But I was dying by degrees
While they praised how well I’d learned to hide

But there’s a fire in grief
And I’ve been burning underneath

Ashes don’t whisper — they rise
You can’t keep me buried this time
I broke in the dark, but I shattered just right
Now I burn with a voice you can’t deny
Ashes don’t whisper — they fly

They built their rules like a cathedral
Expected me to kneel and pray
But I was made of thunder
And thunder doesn’t walk away

I begged for peace inside their silence
But peace was just another chain
So I tore the script, set fire to it
And stepped out from the flame

I was never here to fit
I was made to break and shift

Ashes don’t whisper — they rise
You can’t keep me buried this time
I broke in the dark, but I shattered just right
Now I burn with a voice you can’t deny
Ashes don’t whisper — they fly

No more shrinking to be saved
No more names I didn’t claim
I am louder than your rules
And I don’t owe you anything

Ashes don’t whisper — they rise
Every scar became my light
You tried to hush the fire inside
But I learned how to set it alight
Ashes don’t whisper —
They ignite