Little Avalanche

Lyrics

In Desperation (Beauty From The Ashes)

The city burned down in silence
No one screamed, no one ran
We just watched from the window
With a coffee in our hands
“Maybe we deserve this”
I said, “Maybe we just slept too long”
The sky turned grey like your sweater
You hummed a half-forgotten song

There’s beauty from the ashes
Even if we never heal
I saw the light in your lashes
As the smoke curled over the fields

The wolves came down from the valley
Trails of dust beneath their feet
Writing words on the mirror
That only time could reveal
We were ghosts in our own hallway
Framed in photos of yesterday
I kept calling out for you
Like it meant we’d stay the same

There’s beauty from the ashes
Even if we never heal
I saw the light in your lashes
As the smoke curled over the fields

I held your hand in the morning
Told myself it’s just a phase
But your breath was like the ocean
Washing all the names away
Now we sleep beside the embers
Not quite broken, not quite whole
Every end has a centre
Where the smoke becomes the soul

There’s beauty from the ashes
Even if we never heal
I saw the light in your lashes
As the smoke curled over the fields