Verse 1
Count the nights I spent to buy this name in smoke
Every mile I ran, a piece of me I broke
Traded skin for shadow, traded sleep for flame
Ash is what they charge you when you ask for fame
Chorus
This is ash currency, burning in my hand
Spent it all to stand where the legends stand
Every step I climbed, I left something behind
Ash currency — that's the price of the climb
Verse 2
Used to have a face they'd recognize on sight
Now I'm just a rumor moving through the night
Momma's voice, old friends, the boy I used to be
Folded into embers, paid in full for this to breathe
Bridge
Nobody warns you power tastes like rust
Nobody tells you myth is only ash and dust
Chorus
This is ash currency, burning in my hand
Spent it all to stand where the legends stand
Every step I climbed, I left something behind
Ash currency — that's the price of the climb
