New Ashes

*Verse 1* I left you in the doorway with your tears against my chest I turned my face to silence and I failed the final test The house is still a hollow with your shadow in the frame every room repeats the moment when I chose to walk away *Chorus* I should have fought to keep you but I laid my sword down I should have stayed and held you but I let the dark surround Now I’m haunted by the echoes of a love I can’t undo Ashes where you stood, In the fire burns me too *Verse 2* Your words in folded pages that I tremble to unfold five pages pleading mercy that I can’t bear to hold I still dream you’re reaching for me but I never take your hand I awake beneath the burden of the man I never planned *Chorus* I should have fought to keep you but I laid my sword down I should have stayed and held you but I let the dark surround Now I’m haunted by the echoes of a love I can’t undo Ashes where you stood, In the fire burns me too *Bridge* But God walks through the wreckage where my choices fell like stone He gathers every fracture and He calls me as His own I can’t return to yesterday but I can face what’s true: Even in the ashes, He is making something new *Final Chorus* I still feel the sorrow like a shadow on my chest but His hands are on the ruins and His mercy does the rest What I lost in all my breaking He is strong enough to prove: Even in the ashes, He is making something new *Outro* Even in the ashes… Even in the ashes… He is making something new.