When the Smoke Remembers My Name

When the fire’s low and the stars don’t show, And the night forgets what the daylight knows, I’ll lay my gun and my pride the same — When the smoke remembers my name.

Every scar’s a map I’ve drawn, To places where I still belong.

When the smoke remembers my name, Let it rise, don’t curse the flame. No saint, no sin, no man to blame — When the smoke remembers my name.

I’ve seen mercy fade to ash, Watched love break, watched time collapse. Still I ride through the wild and same — Till the smoke remembers my name.

Every lie I left behind, Turns to truth with passing time.

When the smoke remembers my name, Let it dance like it never came. No tomb to mark, no cross to claim — When the smoke remembers my name.

Don’t light no candle, don’t call my kin, The fire knows where I’ve been. Just let the wind keep whisperin’ — When the smoke remembers my name.

Ash to dust, it’s all the same, But fire still knows from where it came.

When the smoke remembers my name, Let it rise through night and flame. If the world forgets, it’s all the same — The smoke remembers my name.

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