Ashes Before the Dawn

Breathing ash not air Crying through stone The mirror doesn't show my face Only what I could've been Before I fell No sun no star Only judgment from afar I built my heaven on bones And prayed in fire Ashes before the dawn my crown my sin Ashes before the dawn I burn within Ashes before the dawn the silence screams Ashes before the dawn farewell to dreams A child's laughter echoes Behind the veil I held the blade But it was me who bled Not once Every time Let the gates be open Let no angels come This is mine to face Alone And I am not afraid Ashes before the dawn my crown my sin Ashes before the dawn I burn within Ashes before the dawn the silence screams Ashes before the dawn farewell to dreams If there's redemption It won't be here Not in the light Not in the fear But in the ashes Before the dawn If there's redemption It won't be here Not in the light Not in the fear But in the ashes Before the dawn