Ballad Of Faded Flames

I walked through fire for hearts once mine
Burned in the embers, left choking on time
Each whispered promise, each hand in my own
Turned into echoes, cold and alone

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They took and they took till I faded away
Left me in shadows with nothing to say
I gave them my laughter, I gave them my soul
Now I’m just ashes—no longer whole

The first was a tempest, a storm in disguise
Tore through my spirit with reckless goodbyes
I built us a home with love in the frame
But they set it ablaze and left me in flames

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The next was a dreamer, but I was the cost
I carried their burdens, my own self was lost
Drowned in their sorrow, yet no one could see
I was the ocean, but they never saved me

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The last was a phantom, a love with no weight
A touch made of longing, a kiss born of fate
I poured out my heart, but they let it run dry
Left me to wither, too empty to cry

**(Final Chorus)**
They took and they took till I faded away
Left me in shadows with nothing to say
But I’ve learned from the wreckage, the scars I still keep
Now I rise from the ashes—I’m no one’s to bleed