How It Ends

Lyrics

I walked through fire with a broken grin
Carried every scar like original sin
The sirens cried, the walls gave way
But I kept marching through the grey

Black smoke rose from a dying land
No holy voice, no saving hand
My shadow split beneath the moon
One became me, one became you

And every truth I buried deep
Came back screaming in my sleep

This is how it ends
When the heart turns cold and the soul still bends
This is how it ends
When the last light fades and the dark descends

No more mercy, no more lies
No more angels in the skies
And when the ashes rise again
I’m still standing where the fire began

I heard the voices through the floor
Calling out for something more
Every road, every mistake
Led me back to what I couldn’t break

The mirror cracked and showed the truth
I was the war I was running through
No gods, no sign, no line to cross
Just what we were and what we lost

And when the silence called my name
I answered back in steel and pain

This is how it ends
When the heart turns cold and the soul still bends
This is how it ends
When the last light fades and the dark descends

No more mercy, no more lies
No more angels in the skies
And when the ashes rise again
I’m still standing where the fire began

No crown
No throne
No way back home

No peace
No grace
Just my shadow wearing my face

I gave it all
I watched it fall
Now I rise above it all

This is how it ends
When the heart turns cold and the soul still bends
This is how it ends
When the last light fades and the dark descends

No more mercy, no more lies
No more angels in the skies
And when the ashes rise again
I’m still standing where the fire began

This is how it ends
Not on my knees

This is how it ends
With the war in me