Ash in My Mouth

Original Song: Ash in my mouth
Singer-Songwriter-Producer: Shavon

Ash in My Mouth is a song about aftermath, what’s left after the fire, after the noise, after the world keeps moving while something inside goes quiet.
this track lives in numbness, overload, and observation. It’s about trying to speak when everything tastes like residue. About watching systems, people, and truths burn out and walking forward anyway, carrying what you made with you.
The imagery, the lyrics, and the sound reflect a moment many of us are in right now: exhausted, aware, still moving, still here.
No answers.
No shouting.
Just ash and the choice to keep walking.

Ash in My Mouth

Verse 1
Ash in my mouth, fire from the sun
Smoke it all out like a bullet from a gun
Cold in the night, but I’m too hot in the day
Look at this mountain, look at this flood
Oh look what you did, subservient one
Everyone’s watching, no one’s got nothing to say

Chorus
I can’t taste nothing
I’m numb
With ash in my mouth

Verse 2
Ash in my mouth, fire from the tongue
Spit it all out like a shower from the sun
What have I done?
What am I doing today?
Quiet in the morning, voices in the night
Running in my head till the pain feels right
Letting this go—
Is it too much walking away?

Chorus
I can’t taste nothing
I’m numb
With ash in my mouth
I can’t taste nothing
Ash in my mouth

Bridge
I can’t taste nothing
I can’t taste nothing
I can’t taste nothing
I’m numb
I’m numb

Verse 3
Ash in my mouth, written on the screen
Saying everything without saying anything
Nobody’s watching, no one’s got time today
Tired on the sidewalk, tired in the street
Tired in the car, on the bus, in the beat
I ain’t gonna argue
I ain’t got nothing to say

Final Chorus / Outro
I can’t taste nothing
I’m numb
With ash in my mouth