I really like this beat- feels fresh and different. The beat does have a strong Philip Glass energy.

what's your secret

We Shine Bright

"Aus der Asche (From the Ashes)" is my first song about the experience of narcissism.
It is not born from hate, but from survival and transformation — about reclaiming your strength and discovering that love is still possible after silence and pain.

This piece is based on my own words and voice experiments, brought into shape through collaboration.
I hope it resonates with anyone who has walked through fire and found their way back to light.

Lyrics (English version):

You fed on mirrors,
while I gave my skin.
I poured my heart into silence,
still hoping love would win.
I lost myself in shadows,
chasing a broken flame,
but even in the ruins
I never lost my name.

I thought love meant surrender,
I thought pain could be healed with more pain.
But the ashes whispered stronger truths:
I will rise again.

From the ashes,
I return to my own fire.
Not broken, but burning
with a clearer desire.
I learned to love deeper,
I learned to love true,
and the first heart I honor
is the one that beats in me too.

You wore your crown of glass,
fragile in your pride.
I carried the weight in silence,
but truth was on my side.
No chains can bind a spirit
that has chosen light,
I walked away in darkness,
but my soul survived the night.
 
Your voice still echoes faintly,
but it doesn’t hold me down.
The ruins are my garden now,
and I wear a different crown.

Out of ruin, out of pain,
I found my voice, I broke the chain.
What was stolen, I reclaim —
my strength, my name.


Aus der Asche (From the Ashes)


I found your house, your fortress of secrets,
You couldn’t hide; I watched you through borrowed eyes.
Saw you laughing with kids my age when you broke me....
I watched you touch their hair, heard you call them “sweet,”
Can’t help but wonder if you’re making more ghosts like me.
I melted into shadows, patience in my breath,
You stepped out, night routine, never sensing death.

Miss Katana whispered, hungry for your sins, begging for blood 
Followed you inside; where silence always wins.
You met my stare and thought I came to start from where you stopped,
But you were so wrong, now it’s you on the edge.
One swing; no scream, just the sickest, dullest thud,
I stood still as your world painted every wall with crimson.

I walked out clean, breath steady, soul lighter.
I saved myself and all the lives you’d try to cipher.


Watched the news, they called you tragic, they prayed....
I stood at your wake, stone faced, debt paid.
Nobody ever knew; only you and I 

That night I watched your ghost sob, and didn’t even try
To care. You gave no mercy, so neither did I.
Now we’re even.

And yes, I kept the secret.

Painted in Crimson

Cê sabe

Chase the Dawn - Remix

Frozen Time

Devotion — the torch we carry, even in the dark.
A flame of endurance and quiet strength, rooted in the UK’s soulful tradition.

This track is part of my Virtues Series – inspired by Giuseppe Galli’s thoughts on social virtues.
Each piece is created together with a different artist, giving voice and sound to a human quality that connects us.

Devotion is not sacrifice — it is presence.
To hear when someone speaks,
to see when someone is here,
to breathe with the moment.

I am deeply grateful to share this virtue with @peter-black-8 — whose sound, skill and generosity shaped this piece.
His production has given the words a body of fire and quiet grace.

✨ More virtues will follow — each with a different artist, each with its own voice.

If this track resonates, feel free to share or comment — connection is the heart of this series.




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