New Release: 'Ashes'
- Jan 30
- 2 min read
New Release: 'Ashes' is out now.
This song started as a napkin scribble called “Ring Around the Rosie” . . the old nursery rhyme that always felt darker than it looked. The more I played with it, the more it turned into something else: a trap beat with industrial edges, crisp and cold, carrying the feeling of everything burning down and what’s left when the flames are gone. It’s not about the fall. It’s about standing in the ashes afterward and deciding what to do with what remains.
I wanted it to feel heavy but clean . . like the production is polished enough to cut, but the emotion underneath is still raw. The trap rhythm drives it forward even when the lyrics are sitting in the wreckage. The industrial flares give it that metallic, mechanical chill . . like machinery running on empty. Crisp vocals so every word lands without apology.
The Weight of What’s Left
Ashes are quiet. They don’t scream. They don’t explain. They just are. The song is about looking at what’s left after the fire . . the things you can’t rebuild, the things you don’t want to rebuild, the things you have to carry anyway. It’s about accepting that some endings don’t come with closure. They come with residue. And you have to figure out how to live with it.
The "Still Here" Perspective
I have learned the only thing I can control is what I build on top of what’s burned. I can’t undo the fire. I can’t make the ashes disappear. I definitely can’t pretend they were never there. But I can choose not to stay buried in them. I can choose to let them be the foundation for whatever comes next. I can choose to keep moving, even when the ground feels like dust.
If you have ever stood in the ashes of something you thought would last . . if you have ever looked at what remains and still decided to keep going . . if you have ever turned destruction into the start of something new . . this song is for you.
Give it a listen wherever you stream music.