Verse
Coal smoke curling by the market gate
Embers glowing where the vendors wait
Ash falls soft on my bare feet
Dawn is breaking to a slow heartbeat
Old man stirring in the fire pit
Sparks like stars where the night just sat
I breathe it in, let the grey take hold
Something ancient in the smoke and gold
Pre-Chorus
Can you feel the coals still burning
Underneath the market stone
Every breath I take is turning
Ashes into bone
Chorus
Ashes at dawn, rising with the light
Feet in the smoke, moving toward the light
Fire in my chest, wide open sky
Ashes at dawn, we never say goodbye
Verse
Baskets full of bread and rusted tin
Women singing low where the day begins
Braziers glowing orange through the haze
Every ember holds a hundred days
Grandfather's hands once stirred this same flame
Nothing here has ever changed its name
I move my hips where the smoke turns thin
Dance the fire further into skin
Pre-Chorus
Can you feel the coals still burning
Underneath the market stone
Every breath I take is turning
Ashes into bone
Chorus
Ashes at dawn, rising with the light
Feet in the smoke, moving toward the light
Fire in my chest, wide open sky
Ashes at dawn, we never say goodbye
Bridge
I am the ember
I am the flame
I carry the market
In my veins
Grey turns to gold now
Gold turns to sound
This is how the fire
Comes back around
Chorus
Ashes at dawn, rising with the light
Feet in the smoke, moving toward the light
Fire in my chest, wide open sky
Ashes at dawn, we never say goodbye
