a song from yesterday

🕯 I Leave Ashes Behind 🕯
A slow-burning soul elegy wrapped in velvet smoke.
No anger. No goodbye. Just the soft hush of someone choosing absence with grace.
Minimalist jazz-inflected instrumentation meets intimate, breath-warm vocals — a departure so quiet, it echoes.

This is not closure. This is sovereignty.
She doesn’t vanish — she simply leaves nothing behind but ash.

🎧 Mood: detached, graceful, unshaken
🖋 Line to remember: “I leave ashes — dry and clean / Like I was never in between.”

Let the silence speak.

I Leave Ashes Behind

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Verse 1

I don’t need closure, I don’t need grace
I watched it burn and turned my face
No final words, no bitter cries
Just smoke curling through the sky

Pre-Chorus
You’ll search the air for what we were
But darling, I don't leave a blur


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Chorus

I leave ashes behind
Not love, not hate, not the ties that bind
No trace for you to follow back
No scent of me on your collapse
I leave ashes — dry and clean
Like I was never in between


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Verse 2

I left the dress, I kept the name
I walk in silence, not in shame
No bags to pack, no doors to close
Just lighter steps where nothing grows

I didn’t flinch, I didn’t stay
I simply turned and slipped away

Pre-Chorus
You’ll search the air for what we were
But darling, I don't leave a blur


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Chorus

I leave ashes behind
Not love, not hate, not the ties that bind
No trace for you to follow back
No scent of me on your collapse
I leave ashes — dry and clean
Like I was never in between


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Bridge (the ritual of disappearance)

No candle lit, no mourning song
No looking back to prove him wrong
No trace of me in what you find
Just breath… just dust… just disinclined


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Final Chorus

I leave ashes behind
Not love, not hate, not the ties that bind
No myth for you to twist or keep
No echo waiting while you sleep
I leave ashes — soft and wide
Then I return to what’s inside

I Leave Ashes Behind

Lover Girl

Snow White

Yozakura

**Description after the lyrics**

Verse 1
You paused before you turned—
Long enough for me to yearn
I felt the words behind my teeth,
I waited long for you to speak.
But both of us, afraid to fall,
Let nothing rise, we said it all.

Chorus
We almost said it, both of us—
A word, a touch, a wait for trust.
But fear stood taller than the need,
And silence got the final lead.
We almost spoke. We almost stayed.
What stays is what we never said.

Verse 2
We never fought, we never lied—
Just watched the light begin to slide.
You waited for me, and I did too,
Hoping the other would break through.
Maybe we were two of a kind—
Good at silence, just a little blind.

Chorus
We almost said it, both of us—
A word, a touch, a wait for trust.
But fear stood taller than the need,
And silence got the final lead.
We almost spoke. We almost stayed.
What stays is what we never said.

Bridge
I don’t blame you. I don’t blame me.
We just played it safe too easily.
I hoped you'd reach, you thought I might—
It turns out we were both not right.

Final Chorus
We almost said it, both of us—
A word, a truth, a wait for trust.
But timing failed, and fear rang true,
And silence got the best of two.
We almost spoke. We almost stayed.
Is that what we were meant to say?

Still…
If you’re hearing this someday—
I wish I had somehow found a way.

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We Almost Said is a quiet ache turned into song. It isn’t about what happened, but about what didn’t—the words that stayed locked behind teeth, the closeness that never bridged the small gap. It moves on hesitation, on pauses that became endings, on the way two people can hold the same yearning and still let it slip away.

It’s tender, not bitter. More sigh than shout. The refrain of “almost” is its heartbeat: love nearly spoken, closeness nearly claimed, a truth nearly shared. And in that space between, the song finds its power—not in explanation, but in what lingers unsaid.

We Almost Said

How many times have we laughed  
And how many times have we cried  

And entrusted our words to the wind  
Like a disenchanted melody  

But we have always found each other  
Almost as if it were a dream  
Almost as if it were a sign  

In our love nest  
A soft cloud above the world  
In our love nest  
Touching the heart deep within  
In our love nest  
Love nest  
Love nest  

And I always see happy your smile  
You are like a drop of rain that refreshes the face  
I feel your scent your scent that surrounds me like an embrace of love like a wave  

That lifts me up and then sinks me  
And my heart beats so so so so  

In our love nest  
A soft cloud above the world  
In our love nest  
Touching the heart deeply  
In our love nest  
Love nest  
Love nest  

I think of you constantly of you  
Even though sometimes you're far away yet incredibly close  
You're my first thought in the morning  
And during the day it's pleasant to think of your company  
And I always wait for our moment to fly fly away  

In our love nest  
A soft cloud above the world  
In our love nest  
Touching the heart deeply  
In our love nest  
Love nest  
Love nest

LOVE NEST   (reworked)

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“All I Want is Some Better Days” is a powerhouse Country Hip-Hop anthem that blends raw storytelling with modern trap energy. From the opening verse the vocal honesty cuts deep, weary and confessional, pulling you straight into the struggle. The beat drives with 808s, hi-hats, and claps while acoustic guitars and banjo weave in the grit of real country roots. The chorus explodes with layered harmonies and chant-style echoes, turning every line into a singalong moment. It’s catchy, emotional, and unforgettable, built to make you shout “uhh hah” right along with the hook. Each verse rises higher, keeping the flow raw and conversational while the production lifts it into anthem territory. There’s no gloss or sugarcoating, just real talk that anyone who’s fought for better days will connect with. The vocal delivery is dynamic and soulful, shifting from quiet confessions to soaring chants with undeniable power. This track proves Country Hip-Hop can be both heartfelt and explosive

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Lyrics
All I Want is Some Better Days

Been going on now for a few years
Keep pickin myself up and getting on with it
Wish I drank sometimes to get away from it
But that never helped me, just made it worse (true)

If I did drink, then it might be good
I could hide away, letting the drink make me feel good
Sitting there drunk, listening to music about troubles worse than mine
But I don’t drink, so will have to find another way, I can call mine (any ideas)

All I want is Some Better days
Instead of every day facing the hard truth
No one wants to know my woes
All I want is my life to flow (flow ….flow, flow)

Need someone in my life, hate being alone
Someone to talk to, even over the phone
Need to ditch this life and move on
Instead of sitting here, with all this wrong (move ….go ….get outta here, dah dah dah get outta here, dah dah dah  get outta here, dah dah dah get outta here)

All I want is Some Better days
Instead of every day facing the hard truth
No one wants to know my woes
All I want is my life to flow (flow ….flow)

When I get a chance with the ladies
I go ahead and stick my foot in my mouth
Talk about my woes instead of something good
Before you know it, they are gone, I’m forgotten

All I want is some Better Days, something to smile about (dah dah dah)
All I want is Some Better days
Instead of every day facing the hard truth
All I want is some Better Days, something to smile about (dah dah dah)
All I want is Some Better days
Instead of every day facing the hard truth

Uhh Hah (better days)
Uhh Hah (something to look forward to)
Uhh Hah (someone to be with)
Uhh Hah (just some better days)

All I want is Some Better days
Instead of every day facing the hard truth
No one wants to know my woes
All I want is my life to flow (flow ….flow)

Oooh dah dah dah dah dah better days, dah dah dah dah dah better days, dah dah dah dah dah better days, ooooh oooh oooh

Uhh Hah (better days)
Uhh Hah (something to look forward to)
Uhh Hah (someone to be with)
Uhh Hah (just some better days)
Ooooh yeah oooo would be better

Keywords
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All I Want is Some Better Days

All I Want is Some Better Days - Uhh Hah (something to look forward to)

Our Vow

Mirror of Lies

An acoustic blues track with an aplogetic vibe. This song is about the helplessness of a man who has hurt is lover.

Credits: Written & Produced by: Peter Lloyd

Connect with Peter Lloyd at music@peterlloyd.com
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Lyrics:

Can I help it? I'm quite willing to try.
Can I mend it, or must it stay inside?
I've been a fool. No, that cannot be denied
I couldn't help it now, could I, even if I tried?

Am I helpless? Is all my love in vain?
Or is there something I can do to ease the pain?
I'm just a man, but a man who's on your side (Right or wrong)
I couldn't help it now, could I, even if I tried?

Oh, I apologize, please forgive me, I've been cruel, oh, so cruel
But you're not the only one who suffers when I'm down. I do, too.
And it's so lonesome in this heart of mine when there's no one on my side
I couldn't help it now, could I, even if I cried?

When I wake up, you're the first one on my mind
When I lay down, I need you by my side
And if that's a sin, well, I'm sorry I'm alive
Cuz I couldn't help it now, could I, even if I tried?

Oh, I apologize, please forgive me, I've been cruel, oh, so cruel
But you're not the only one who suffers when I'm down. I do, too.
And it's so lonesome in this heart of mine when there's no one to feed my foolish pride
I couldn't help it now, could I, even if I cried?

When I wake up, you're the first one on my mind
When I lay down, I need you by my side
And if that's a sin, well, I'm sorry I'm alive
Cuz I couldn't help it no matter how hard I tried, how long I cried
I couldn't help it. That's the way I am.

© Copyright 1972, 2025 Peter Lloyd

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Songwriter since 1966. Can't believe I still have to write protest songs. Prefer writing love songs and songs of praise for stand-up women and men, parodies, lyrical nonsense, blues and adaptations.