[Intro]
The house behind me glows
A wound against the sky
I do not turn around
I do not say goodbye

[Verse]
The gravel cut beneath my shoes
The dawn was gray, the air was bruised
The bridal room had lost its name
The windows flowered into flame
I carried nothing but my breath
A little life that smelled of death
Your voice was somewhere in the roar
Still calling from the second floor

[Pre-Chorus]
I loved you in the only way
That made the daylight go away
But love that needs a burning home
Will leave you walking out alone

[Chorus]
I am leaving through the ashes
With the night still in my hair
I am leaving through the ashes
With your perfume everywhere
No victory, no hallelujah
No golden morning choir
Just a heart that kept on beating
As I walked away from fire

[Verse]
The garden gates were wet with soot
The roses black beneath my foot
I felt the cold, I felt the pain
I felt the world begin again
I wanted freedom like a crown
But freedom only let me down
So quiet, raw, and almost kind
It gave me back my damaged mind

[Pre-Chorus]
I loved you in the only way
That made the daylight go away
But love that needs a burning home
Will leave you walking out alone

[Chorus]
I am leaving through the ashes
With the night still in my hair
I am leaving through the ashes
With your perfume everywhere
No victory, no hallelujah
No golden morning choir
Just a heart that kept on beating
As I walked away from fire

[Interlude]
Ashes on my coat
Smoke inside my lungs
Nothing left to hold
Nothing left unsung

[Bridge]
I will not make you into evil
I will not make myself a saint
We were two beautiful hungers
Dressed in velvet, dressed in ache
I will miss the burning hallway
I will miss the midnight room
But I choose the cruel cold morning
Over dying in that bloom

[Breakdown]
Step
Breathe
Ache
Leave
Smoke
Sky
Live
Cry

[Build-up]
The sun is not golden
The road is not clear
But every step forward
Is farther from fear
The house is still burning
The past is still loud
But I am still moving
Through ash, through cloud

[Chorus]
I am leaving through the ashes
With the night still in my hair
I am leaving through the ashes
With your perfume everywhere
No victory, no hallelujah
No golden morning choir
Just a heart that kept on beating
As I walked away from fire

[Chorus]
I am leaving through the ashes
With no promise I am healed
I am leaving through the ashes
With the wound still unconcealed
No victory, no hallelujah
No easy rising higher
Just a heart that kept on beating
As I walked away from fire

[Outro]
The house behind me falls
The dawn remains unsure
The road is cold and empty
But the air is almost pure
I do not call your name
I let the silence pass
I keep walking forward
Leaving through the ash
I keep walking forward
Leaving through the ash