Verse 1
We set the house on fire with the things we didn't say,
watched the photographs curl up like autumn leaves,
you took the car, I kept the keys,
and the smoke stayed in my sleeves for days.
Pre-Chorus
But something in the ash refused to go.
Chorus
Ashes in bloom, ashes in bloom,
something is growing in the ruin of the room,
a little green thing pushing through the grey,
I didn't plant it, but it's here to stay.
Ashes in bloom, ashes in bloom,
the end of one story is the start of a tune.
Verse 2
I used to count the ways that we went wrong,
now I count the petals on the floor,
there's a window where there was a wall,
and a song where there was a war.
Bridge
Not everything that burns is lost,
some things are only changing clothes.
Outro
Ashes in bloom.