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ASHES to the Echoes lyrics
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Intro
They all dressed up, but nobody’s ready. Silence hit the mic like a two-ton heavy.
Verse 1
Black suit fit, but the soul's in a haze, A hundred stories told in a ten-minute praise. The eulogy's clean, a version of the past, Filtered, polished, too perfect to last. We stand in the row, got the same last name, But I knew the shadows, the fire, and the rain. Headlines are lies, the truth is underground, Watching a life turn into a sound. Yeah, the love is real, but the light is bent, We mourning the legend, not the life that was spent.
Pre-chorus
Strip the filter, what's the purpose, what's the cost? A final receipt for everything we lost. Tension climbing, the 808 waiting to fall, This ain't just an ending, this is a universal call.
Chorus
From the ASHES to the ECHOES, the cycle won't break, We just dust in the wind that the whole world gon’ take. LIFE is the Intro, and DEATH is the Fade, No filter, no heaven, just the CHOICE that you made! Yeah, the body drops, but the story gon' spin, The only real GOAT is the one deep within!
Verse 2
The third dimension thread: THE DIGITAL AFTERLIFE. Your profile's a monument, nobody logs off, Still tagged in the photos, still liked by the crowd, Digital ghost living out loud. The memory is data, stored on a cloud, Never gets tired, never gets bowed. We project the best version, the highlight reel, Is the digital shadow more honest than the real? It’s the perfect echo, the smile that don't crack, We mourn the lost presence, but the image is back.
Chorus
From the ASHES to the ECHOES, the cycle won't break, We just dust in the wind that the whole world gon’ take. LIFE is the Intro, and DEATH is the Fade, No filter, no heaven, just the CHOICE that you made! Yeah, the body drops, but the story gon' spin, The only real GOAT is the one deep within!
Bridge
They say live hard, die fast, but the truth is the pause, Between the 'last breath' and the 'applause.' It’s a mantra, a prayer, a humanity thing, To accept the full arc that the universe swings. No church, no altar, no silver spoon, Your legacy's earned by the fire of your noon.
Chorus
From the ASHES to the ECHOES, the cycle won't break, We just dust in the wind that the whole world gon’ take. LIFE is the Intro, and DEATH is the Fade, No filter, no heaven, just the CHOICE that you made! Yeah, the body drops, but the story gon' spin, The only real GOAT is the one deep within!
Inside the recording
They all dressed up, but nobody’s ready. Silence hit the mic like a two-ton heavy.
Strip the filter, what's the purpose, what's the cost? A final receipt for everything we lost.
**From the ASHES to the ECHOES, the cycle won't break,** **We just dust in the wind that the whole world gon’ take.**
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