[Part I: Twilight]
There once was a girl, and her name was ashes
There once was a girl, and her name was ashes
(Never introduced to such a being as love
She found solace and wonder in the stars up above)
And her name was ashes
There once was a girl, and her name was ashes
She lies alone, sleepless nights
Cold sheets, cold sweat, no company
World uninterrupted
She didn’t know what was to come
No fear, no need, just innocence
When he came
His breath was smooth, a liquor-sweet
Sandpaper touch, their eyes would meet
Suggestive stare
Weak knees saw strong arms do their work
He lay her down on softest grass
Inviting
Hands of stone tear finest silk, her cries for help unheard
A muffled moan through crushing palm, she sinks into the earth
He cuts her deep, and deeper still, he won’t let her scar
Without a scream, her lifeless eyes look into the stars
Kerosene candle, human form it takes
There is no escape, there is no escape
There is no escape
[Part II: Midnight]
Guilty fingers trickle sand
Shared thoughts like waves come rolling in
Lapping at his heels, cleansing, forgiven
(But still something sticks in the back of his mind)
He knows
He knows
He knows, he knows
Never, never
Never, this doesn’t wash away
(I feel the warmth of your skin)
(It's been dropped beneath)
(The warmth of a heartbeat)
([?])
(The warmth of forgiveness, forever out of reach)
(Out of reach)
And he’ll think to himself
"And this hollow is me
All I cannot see
And I just can’t believe
Like shadows of grace, as grace falls from me
Grace falls from me"
[Part III: First Light]
The sun is rising
Oh, the sun is rising
Oh
So many, she’s just one other
So why does she stick in his mind so?
So many, she’s just one other
So why does she stick in his mind so?
So
So
So, so
The sun is rising
And the sun is rising
And the sun is rising
And the sun is rising
Rising
There is nothing he can do
Desire, like fire, licks through his veins
No reasons, no remorse
She will be no more
He knows he’ll do it again
The tide is coming back in
The warmth of his skin
(As I drop to my knees)
The warmth of her lips
(Engraved on my memory)
The warmth of a heartbeat
(Now frozen in time)
The warmth of forgiveness
(Forever out of reach)
The warmth of her life
(I have stolen and taken)
The warmth of his tears
(I have stolen and taken)
The warmth of his tears
(Turns to anger at last)
He walks alone, sleepless nights
No fear no need, his confidence
His world, corrupted
He had to find another face
Another nameless face
Another victim in who’s eyes, he can fall
Fall from grace
[Instrumental]
Once was a girl, her name was
Once was a girl, her name was
Once was a girl, her name was
Ashes
Once was a girl, her name was
Once was a girl, her name was
Once was a girl, her name was
Ashes
Once was a girl, her name was
Once was a girl, her name was
Once was a girl, her name was
Ashes
Once was a girl, her name was
Once was a girl, her name was
Once was a girl, her name was
Ashes
Her essence desire
Her body aflame
Her essence desire
Her body aflame
Her destiny emblazoned
In the letters of her name
Ashes
Ashes
Ashes
Ashes
Ashes
(The tide, the tide, is coming in)
There once was a girl, her name was
(The tide, the tide, is coming in)
There once was a girl, her name was
(The tide, the tide, is coming in)
There once was a girl, her name was
(The tide, the tide, is coming in)
There once was a girl, her name was
(The tide, the tide, is coming in)
There once was a girl, her name was
(The tide, the tide, is coming in)
There once was a girl, her name was
(The tide, the tide, is coming in)
There once was a girl, her name was
(The tide, the tide, is coming in)
Ashes
