i should've stayed

Blind

Produced by Mark Xenophontos 

Lyrics by Mark Xenophontos 

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Can't escape this digital hell
Something's broken, can't you tell?

I can't help but fall away
Heart pounds harder in the heat of shame
Need to save my soul, break these chains
Find me crawling through the decay

I need you father, need to believe
Too long lost in doubt and deceit
Just a man breaking down, won't retreat
But you won't win, I keep breathing

The algorithm bleeds
When real souls break free
You won't be the death of me
Won't be the death of me

Kill the screen, destroy this face
Enough is enough, done with this race
(Enough is enough!)
You took my mind, my time, my soul
Left me with an empty hole

I'm climbing out, I'm climbing out
Taking control, taking control

Empty promises on glowing screens
Fed me poison through machines
Chasing ghosts and losing sleep
Trading souls for dopamine

Addiction burns like acid rain
Digital chains around my brain
Breaking through the static noise
Learning to trust my voice

The devil can weep
When redemption runs deep
You won't be the death of me
Won't be the death of me

Kill the screen, destroy this face
Enough is enough, done with this race
(Enough is enough!)
You stole my peace, you stole my soul
Left me in an empty hole

I'm climbing out, I'm climbing out
Breaking the mold, breaking the mold

I'll walk to nowhere, breathe real air
Better than your digital snare
Sorry world, I ain't buying
What you're selling while I'm dying

Kill the screen, destroy this face
Enough is enough, you've lost this race
(You've lost this race!)
You had my mind, my time, my soul
But left me in an empty hole

I'm climbing out, I'm climbing out
(Rising up!)
Taking control, taking control
(Watch me unfold!)

Find me where the silence calls
I rise from digital decay
This is resurrection day
Resurrection day




Resurrection Day

Church of Bones

Copyright 2025: KHAOS - Ashes and Armour 

I built a shell from all the noise
A fragile shield, a borrowed voice
Chased the light through bitter rain
Each step forward carved in pain
I let the silence shape my soul
Let go of what I couldn’t hold
I wore my grief like folded steel
A quiet strength I learned to feel 

I’m not the same as I was before
But every break became a door
Not broken glass, but colored flame
I found my beauty in the pain 

Ashes and armour, I stand alone
Tears in my eyes, but a heart of stone
You can’t unmake what’s made through fire
I rose from ruin, I climbed higher
Can’t steal the soul I built from loss
I wear my truth, no matter the cost
Ashes and armour, I made it mine
I found my voice beyond the line 

I walk through echoes of the storm
But I am weathered, I am warm
What hurt me once now holds me still
A scar that taught me how to heal
I faced the dark without a flame
But still, I rose and spoke my name
No one saved me, I became
The quiet light that overcame 

I fell apart and then I grew
From every cut I made it through
Not made of stone, but something more
A soul reborn beneath the war 

Ashes and armour, I stand alone
Tears in my eyes, but a heart of stone
You can’t unmake what’s made through fire
I rose from ruin, I climbed higher
Can’t steal the soul I built from loss
I wear my truth, no matter the cost
Ashes and armour, I made it mine
I found my voice beyond the line 

They told me time would make me whole
But healing came when I let go
Of needing to be understood
And learned that scars can still be good 

Ashes and armour, I stand alone
But I’ve never felt more like home
Break me down, I’ll still inspire
This heart was tempered in the fire
I’m not afraid to show the cost
Of every battle that I lost
Ashes and armour, not goodbye
This is the way I learned to fly


Ashes and Armour

[Verse 1]
I need a spark to wake these bones,
You strike the fuse, you cut me close.
You drag me deep where the shadows spin,
Don’t hold back now — pull me in.

[Pre -Chorus 1]
Set this heart on fire, don’t let it fade,
Your touch cuts through where the secrets stay.
Etch your mark under my skin,
Let this burn begin again.

[Chorus 1]
Slow burn..., (slow burn....)
Burn...., slow burn....
Feed this ache, don’t fade away.
Slow burn..., (slow burn....)
Burn...., slow burn....
Crack these walls ‘til the silence breaks.

[Verse 2]
You wind me tight like a broken dream,
You crack my calm, split my seams.
When I fall hard through the static haze,
Will you stay close when the embers blaze?

[Pre-Chorus 2]
Tear this night apart, don’t let it drown,
Your hands pull truth where the dark runs out.
Scratch your vow into my skin,
Let the fever flood me in.

[Chorus 2]
Slow burn..., (slow burn....)
Burn...., slow burn....
Keep me raw in your hidden flame.
Slow burn..., (slow burn....)
Burn...., slow burn....
Light my bones where the shadows stay.

[Bridge]
Tie me up in your reckless storm,
Carve your name where my scars are worn.
I’ll keep this flame behind dead eyes,
Let me break where the lost ones rise.

[Pre-Chorus 3 — Final]
Burn this heartbeat loud, don’t let it lie,
Your touch cuts deep where my ruins hide.
Trace your fire across my skin,
Let me drown and rise again.

[Chorus 3 — Final]
Slow burn..., (slow burn....)
Burn...., slow burn....
Fuel this fire where the lost remain.
Slow burn..., (slow burn....)
Burn...., slow burn....
Brand my soul, let it scream my name.

Slow Burn

Ashes of our own

Goodbye

F.I.N.E (AGAIN)

The Mask of Skin and Steel

[INTRO]
They said you were fine…
They said you’d sleep it off…
But I knew…
I fucking knew something was wrong…

[VERSE 1]
Cold floor, blank stare, lights too dim
Your name stuck on the edge of my skin
I called, you never fucking moved
And the silence in that room was rude
They could’ve helped
They could’ve stayed
But they watched from the shadows
And fucking walked away
Left you breathing slow and weak
Like your life didn’t mean a fucking thing
What kind of world just lets that happen
Then shrugs it off like “shit just happens”
Your lips were blue
Your hands were cold
And I was screaming at God
“You fucking stole her soul”

[PRE-CHORUS]
You weren’t trash
You weren’t lost
You were sick in a world that counts the cost
And they chose comfort over your life
Now I’m choking on the afterlife

[CHORUS]
I CAN’T BELIEVE THEY LEFT YOU TO FUCKING DIE
LIKE YOU WERE NOTHING
LIKE YOU DIDN’T FUCKING TRY
I WOULD’VE RIPPED THE SKY APART
JUST TO MAKE YOUR HEART BEAT ONE MORE TIME
THEY LEFT YOU THERE
LIKE YOU WERE ALREADY DEAD
NOW YOUR NAME IS JUST
A SCREAM IN MY FUCKING HEAD

[VERSE 2]
You were drowning and nobody cared
Just another body, just another stare
I showed up late to a nightmare
And found your ghost hanging in the air
I keep replaying the scene in my head
Every word I wish I would’ve said
Every sign I missed, every lie I bought
Higher the love, harder the drop
I should’ve stayed
I should’ve known
But this fucked up world lets people die alone
Now your clothes still smell like you
And that’s the cruelest fucking thing they could do

[BREAKDOWN]
You didn’t choose to be this way
You were just trying to numb the pain
But the pain took more than it gave
And now you’re just a ghost I cannot save
I’m not mad at you
I’m mad at the world
I’m mad at the drugs
I’m mad at the ones who turned and shrugged

[CHORUS]
I CAN’T BELIEVE THEY LEFT YOU TO FUCKING DIE
AND NOW I’M THE ONE
LEFT ALIVE
TO CARRY YOUR NAME
TO CARRY THIS SCAR
A LIVING MEMORIAL
OF WHO YOU FUCKING WERE
YOU WERE MORE THAN YOUR ADDICTION
MORE THAN YOUR PAIN
NOW I’M SCREAMING AT THE SKY
GOING FUCKING INSANE

[BRIDGE]
If I could trade places, I’d do it tonight
If I could rewrite wrong to right
But life don’t work like that, I know
So I carry you wherever I go
In my veins
In my chest
In the shattered pieces of what’s left

[FINAL CHORUS]
I CAN’T BELIEVE THEY LEFT YOU TO DIE
I CAN’T BELIEVE I HAD TO SAY GOODBYE
YOU WERE LOVED
EVEN IF YOU COULDN’T SEE
NOW THIS SONG IS ALL THAT’S LEFT OF WE
AND I’LL SCREAM YOUR NAME
UNTIL MY LAST BREATH TOO
BECAUSE THIS FUCKED UP WORLD
DOESN’T DESERVE YOU

[OUTRO]
You should still be here…
And I’ll never forgive them for that…

I Can't Believe They Left you to Fucking Die

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