LYRICS

ASHES ON HER SHOULDERS

I met her where the map had faded away

No roads just ruins where our laughter used to play

She had a voice like a lullaby

And a gaze that was always on standby



Her coat was frayed her boots were torn

But she moved like shed been battleborn

She never said what the silence cost

Just smiled like someone who was never lost



There were ashes on her shoulders

But fire in her stride

Shed never call herself a soldier

But still she never tried to hide

The sky could fall around her

And shed just fix the line

With ashes on her shoulders

And no fear in her spine



I offered warmth she offered grace

We danced beneath a moonlit place

The beams were split the stars all blurred

But she still remembered every word



There were ashes on her shoulders

And echoes in her laugh

She walked the bunker corridors

Like someone charting a better path

She left before the curfew call

Still shining in my mind

Ashes on her shoulders

And peace Ill never find