Ashes on My Sleeve

I gave my heart like an open door,
He walked right in, left it on the floor.
Promises sweet like gasoline,
Didn’t take much for the spark to catch on me.

I should’ve listened to the warnings in the wind,
But I believed him—yeah, I let the fire in…

Now I’ve got ashes on my sleeve,
From every guy who said he’d never leave.
Burn marks tracing all the places
Where I trusted empty phrases.
Yeah, I’ve learned what heartbreak means—
When you’re burned by the men you thought you’d keep.

He loved the chase more than loving me,
Vanished like smoke when things got deep.
Another one said I was “just too much,”
Guess being real is heavier than lust.


I tried to hold on, but the flames kept rising high—
Funny how the ones you love can set your life alight.

Now I’ve got ashes on my sleeve,
From every guy who said he’d never leave.
Burn marks tracing all the places
Where I trusted empty phrases.
Yeah, I’ve learned what heartbreak means—
When you’re burned by the men you thought you’d keep.

But fire makes steel, and I’m stronger now,
No more dimming my flame to fit their doubts.
I’ll rise from the smoke, I’ll breathe again—
No more setting myself on fire to warm cold men.

Yeah, I’ve got ashes on my sleeve,
But I’m done with those who only take and leave.
Let the smoke clear—I'll find my footing,
’Cause I’m worth more than the ones who couldn’t.
No more burns from boys who never see
The fire in the woman standing free.