From Fire to Ashes-2nd version
original with strings and piano added
Angela Congrove, acoustic piano and guitar
Story behind the song
I think I wrote this in September of 2005. I really can't tell, it's just on it's own page in the middle of a bunch of entries in my journal... Well, to try to remember what was going through my head at the time, "I feel like something is holding me down. I can't sing, I can't do anything right. Something is holding me down, I've lost everything even though I won so much. I've lost [name], alot of friends, my talent, and I'll never be like Amy Lee. I've lost that too..." as well as, "I must contain my thoughts and bite my tongue, hide my ambitions and all my wants." Both of those quotes are from two different journal entries. Maybe you can figure out what was going on.... Oh yeah, and if you don't know who Amy Lee is she's the lead singer from the band Evanescence.
Lyrics
I sit here and wonder what went wrong
I don't know if you'll understand
or say I'm wrong.
And try as I might
I'm losing my sight
and as I stand strong
I know I am wrong.
From fire to ashes
on my eyelashes, don't you cry.
From fire to ashes
I cannot just tell this to go away.
I feel like something is holding me down
I can't do anything right.
I've lost everything
even though I won so much.
And even if you cared
I guess you'd show me
but I guess you didn't care
because you lost me.
From fire to ashes,
on my eyelashes, don't you cry.
From fire to ashes
I cannot just tell this to go away.
I cannot stop the violent thoughts I have
You all think I'm happy, but I'm sad.
From fire to ashes
on my eyelashes, don't you cry.
From fire to ashes
I cannot just tell this to go away[2x]
