Lyrics:

The hymns were carved into my skin
Lines of fire where prayers begin
But when I bled, the angels turned
And left me to the pyres that burned

They crowned me wrong, they crowned me ghost
A name they loved to love the most
But names are prisons when they bind
A lock that severs flesh from mind

The temple doors were closed in stone
No altar left to call my own
I whispered truth — they called it sin
And damned the blood beneath my skin

Ashes of faith, fall into me
No god, no justice, no sanctuary
I buried my prayers where silence sleeps
Among the bones that no one keeps
Ashes of faith, the fire is gone
The book is torn, the choir withdrawn
I walk in shadows, nameless, free
The last devotion is only me

The law was written by sharpened hands
To cut the shape they could withstand
A body bent, a spirit scarred
A kingdom built on gates and guards

They sold me mercy, then turned away
Their justice laughed at what I’d say
The scales were broken from the start
The weight of me too dark, too sharp

Ashes of faith, fall into me
No god, no justice, no sanctuary
I buried my prayers where silence sleeps
Among the bones that no one keeps
Ashes of faith, the fire is gone
The book is torn, the choir withdrawn
I walk in shadows, nameless, free
The last devotion is only me

If heaven saw me, it turned away
If earth could hold me, it made decay
The stars are blind, the saints are stone
I’ll carve my altar from being alone

Ashes of faith, fall into me
No god, no justice, no sanctuary
The hymn is broken, the prayer is dust
The only gospel is learning distrust
Ashes of faith, the fire is gone
But from the ruin, I still go on
I walk in shadows, nameless, free
The last devotion is only me

Temple

Lyrics:

They told me love was written in fire
That every heart must burn with desire
But when I searched for heat inside
I found the embers long had died

I thought I was a hollow shell
A broken chord, a living hell
The silence in my veins a curse
A vacant song, a universe

I tried to mimic what they crave
To play the part, to misbehave
But every kiss was glass, not flame
And left me drowning under shame

Starless flame, I thought I’d lost
A body wandering, tempest-tossed
No fire lit, no hunger true
A void where love was meant to bloom

But I am not a broken frame
Not ashes dressed in borrowed shame
The void inside is mine to keep
It does not wound, it does not weep

Desire’s chains don’t bind my skin
My truth is strength, not discipline
No cage of fire will define
The way this ghost of me survives

Starless flame, I stand, I breathe
I am enough in all I weave
No hunger forced will make me whole
My quiet fire is still a soul

But how alone this sky can be
So few who share this gravity
A lonely constellation’s glow
A thousand miles I’ll never know

Starless flame, I burn apart
A single light, a severed heart
Though I am whole, I walk alone
Among the stars that are not home
Starless flame, it speaks of me
A truth, a strength, a tragedy
The universe too vast, too far
To find another kindred star

Starless Flame

Lyrics:

The smoke still rises from the ground
Each bridge I burned without a sound
I could not see who held me near
Through walls of rage, through walls of fear

I cursed the hands that tried to stay
And welcomed ghosts that led astray
I could not judge through fractured sight
Who wished me well, who bared the knife

Burned bridges, flames that climb
I razed the truth, I blurred the line
I lost the ones who called me home
And chose the fire, and walked alone

The ashes cling, the smoke won’t fade
I wear the scars of choices made
Not every hand was meant to harm
But blinded, I set fire to calm

Now silence builds where voices stood
A barren shore of ash and wood
I mourn the love I cast aside
The trust I failed, the ones who tried

Burned bridges, flames that climb
I razed the truth, I blurred the line
I lost the ones who called me home
And chose the fire, and walked alone

If I could build from ash and stone
Could I repair the paths I’ve known?
Or is the cost too high to bear
A ghost condemned to breathe this air?

Burned bridges, flames that climb
The fault is theirs, the fault is mine
I held the torch, I made the scar
And now I watch from where we are


Burned Bridges

Lyrics:

I keep the silence sealed inside
Afraid of what your words might hide
If I revealed the weight I bear
Would you dismiss, would you still care?

I’ve built a world you’ll never see
Of wounds you carved unknowingly
But if I spoke, your cold reply
Could be the knife to make me die

The weight of apologies, crushing my chest
I beg for a mercy that may not exist
Too fragile to ask, too broken to plead
I bury the silence where no one will see

You live untouched, you’ll never know
The scars that shaped the child you broke
I never said, I never tried
The risk too sharp, the pain too wide

So I wait in silence, years erode
A heart implodes but never shows
The words I crave, they’ll never start
A grave unspoken in my heart

The weight of apologies, crushing my chest
I beg for a mercy that may not exist
Too fragile to ask, too broken to plead
I bury the silence where no one will see

If I confess, you might not care
If I reveal, would you still stare?
The risk is greater than the pain
So silence keeps me in its chain

The weight of apologies, crushing my chest
I dream of a kindness I’ll never possess
Too fragile to ask, too broken to plead
The silence devours the words that I need

The Weight of Apologies

Lyrics:

I paint the smile, the practiced line
The mask you want, the face is mine
You never ask, you never see
The fracture living under me

I tell you lies to ease your mind
To make you think I’m safe, I’m fine
For every time I dared confess
You left me drowning in the mess

False healing, I wear the light
But inside I am lost to night
A polished frame, a hollow core
I smile and say I’ll hurt no more

The mask has teeth that cut my skin
But safer out than what’s within
If I expose the blood I bleed
You turn away, you never see

So I perform, I play the part
A broken face, a plastic heart
It keeps you calm, it keeps me caged
A prison built, a role I’ve staged

False healing, I wear the light
But inside I am lost to night
A polished frame, a hollow core
I smile and say I’ll hurt no more

Don’t ask again, I’ll only lie
The truth would make you turn and hide
So let me wear the mask you crave
A smiling ghost inside a grave

False healing, I wear the light
But inside I am lost to night
A polished frame, a hollow core
I smile and say I’ll hurt no more

False healing, you’ll never see
The pain you never asked of me
I wear the smile, I play the part
A painted face, a broken heart

False Healing

Lyrics:

I feel the hunger in my chest
The hollow ache, the endless rest
But every hand that reached before
Left me bleeding on the floor

I crave the warmth, the human light
But fear the teeth that always bite
The closer love has ever been
The deeper it has carved my skin

Once bitten, twice shy
I want to live, but I can’t try
The bridges burned, the ghosts remain
I guard my heart, I starve my veins

Once bitten, twice shy
I want to live, but I can’t try
The bridges burned, the ghosts remain
I guard my heart, I starve my veins

The loneliness consumes my frame
A hollow voice without a name
Yet I resist the open door
Afraid of what I’ve known before

I see your eyes, I hear your call
But fear the rise, the coming fall
If I let go, I may not stand
I cage myself with my own hands

Once bitten, twice shy
I want to live, but I can’t try
The bridges burned, the ghosts remain
I guard my heart, I starve my veins

I want to trust, I want to heal
But every wound still feels too real
I fear the joy, I fear the kiss
Afraid of what I’ll lose in this

Once bitten, twice shy
I want to live, but I can’t try
The fire calls, the shadows cling
And I retreat from everything

Once bitten, twice shy
I ache for love, but I deny
Better silence, better pain
Than bleed and break and fall again

Twice Shy

Lyrics:

You bring me tales of shallow storms
Of fleeting wounds, of minor thorns
I nod, I smile, I play my part
While silence claws inside my heart

You’ll never know the weight I bear
The cliff I walk, the thinning air
Your fragile worlds collapse on me
While I weigh life, eternity

Petty kingdoms, broken thrones
You call on me, I break alone
Your shallow waves, my endless deep
I smile while screaming you’ll never see

Each mask I wear to keep you calm
A painted grin, a broken psalm
I cannot speak, I cannot break
One careless word’s the end I’d make

So I will hold your tiny wars
And never show my bleeding floors
You lean on me, you’ll never know
The edge I guard, the fall below

Petty kingdoms, broken thrones
You call on me, I break alone
Your shallow waves, my endless deep
I smile while screaming you’ll never see

Your troubles small, they weigh me down
But silence keeps me gagged, unbound
If I revealed the depth I keep
Would you still trust, or let me weep?

Petty kingdoms, broken thrones
You call on me, I break alone
Your shallow waves, my endless deep
I smile while screaming you’ll never see

Petty kingdoms, fragile reigns
I bear the crown, I hide the chains
The edge beneath my feet won’t free
While I collapse invisibly

Petty Kingdoms

Lyrics:

A hand that shakes, a blade that gleams
The stitch is mercy, but it screams
Every needle finds its mark
And tears the wound a little dark

I flinch before the thread pulls tight
The body jerks, rejects the fight
Healing burns more fierce than flame
And every scar still whispers blame

Splinters in the vein
Driving deeper just to mend the pain
I recoil, but still I bleed
This broken flesh is all I need
Splinters in the vein
No salvation, only stain
The cure is just another knife
To carve a shape resembling life

The body knows to twist away
From hands that promise they will save
Every remedy tastes like fire
Ashen lungs and frayed desire

The veins are rivers turned to stone
I claw, I scream, I fight alone
The reflex shatters what could bind
But still I force the shards inside

Splinters in the vein
Driving deeper just to mend the pain
The body trembles, can’t endure
But agony becomes the cure
Splinters in the vein
No salvation, only stain
I stitch my ruin, thread by thread
To prove I suffer and am not yet dead

Splinters in the vein
Driving deeper just to mend the pain
The body trembles, can’t endure
But agony becomes the cure
Splinters in the vein
No salvation, only stain
I stitch my ruin, thread by thread
To prove I suffer and am not yet dead


Splinters in the Vein

Lyrics:

The glass is black, the face unclear
A shifting ghost, not truly near
I search for me, but all I find
Are borrowed scars that are not mine

Fractured mirror, breaking slow
I don’t yet know the one below
If I strip away what pain has made
Will I remain, or just fade?

A thousand eyes I’ve worn as skin
Each wound a mask, each hurt a twin
The mirror bends, but will not show
If love can bloom in what I know

Fractured mirror, breaking slow
I don’t yet know the one below
If I strip away what pain has made
Will I remain, or just fade?

The child I was is buried deep
Entombed in glass, too tired to weep
I press my hand against the pane
But every touch just splits again

If clarity should find its way
Would I survive the sight of day?
Or turn away from what is true
A stranger’s blood inside the view

Will I despise what waits inside?
A stranger’s voice I cannot hide
If truth is born from shattered light
Then let me bleed to see it right

Fractured mirror, breaking slow
Reveal the self I’ll never know
If all that’s left is glass and flame
Then let me burn without a name


Fractured Mirror

Lyrics:

I walked a step, the ground was new
A fragile path, a different view
But shadows whisper, sweet, unkind
The solace I still leave behind

The circuits crack, the embers glow
Old cravings surge, I let them grow
Each promise made dissolves in fire
I feed the ash inside the wires

Ash in the wires, dragging me back
One step forward, lost in the black
Every spark ignites the chain
I burn to feel, I burn in vain

The ghost of comfort grips my hand
A poisoned friend, a grain of sand
It tells me healing moves too slow
That only ruin lets me glow

The smoke becomes a second skin
I lose myself, I let it in
Addiction sings in broken choirs
And crowns me king of ash and wires

Ash in the wires, dragging me back
One step forward, lost in the black
Every spark ignites the chain
I burn to feel, I burn in vain

I swear I’ll climb, I swear I’ll rise
But fall again through fractured skies
Each flame I chase consumes the dawn
And leaves me emptier, withdrawn

Ash in the wires, dragging me back
One step forward, lost in the black
Every spark ignites the chain
I burn to feel, I burn in vain

Ash in the wires, I disappear
A fading pulse I cannot steer
I light the fire, I breathe the smoke
And choke upon the words I spoke

Ash in the Wires

Lyrics:

I feel it beat inside my chest
A fragile thrum that will not rest
Each rhythm sharp, each echo near
A song of life, but edged with fear

The veins are rivers made of light
But fragile shards cut through the night
Each breath a blade, each move a chance
To watch the glass begin its dance

Pulse of glass, it cuts, it shines
Proof that this broken soul still climbs
Alive, though fractured, weak, and thin
The sharpest edge still holds me in

I fear the silence when it stops
The fragile glow, the sudden drop
But even now the fracture glows
A fragile strength that no one knows

So let it bleed, this fragile flame
A pulse that cuts, but keeps my name
Though every shard could tear apart
It keeps the rhythm of my heart

Pulse of glass, it cuts, it shines
Proof that this broken soul still climbs
Alive, though fractured, weak, and thin
The sharpest edge still holds me in

A fragile glow, a fleeting spark
A wound that glimmers in the dark
If this is life, so sharp, so small
Then still it beats — I’ve lived at all

Pulse of glass, it cuts, it shines
Proof that this broken soul still climbs
Alive, though fragile, torn, and scarred
This pulse still beats through every shard

Pulse of Glass

Hi, I'm Atlas!  I consider myself primarily a lyricist.  Music for me is a way of expressing myself and how I am feeling.  I hope something in my music speaks to you and as my friend has said to me, "May the music you need find its way to you."

Pulse of Glass

Atlas I.