From the recording Resonance Works Vol. I
Lyrics
Smoke in the distance
Fading into gold
Some things we carried
Were never ours to hold
Late-night reflections
On an empty avenue
Pieces of forever
Still leading back to you
Every fire leaves a mark
Every shadow finds the dark
But even after all this time
I still believe we’ll shine
From ashes and diamonds
We rise and we fall
Holding on to moments
We thought we’d lost it all
Through the silence and the storms
Through the echoes in our minds
We’re made of ashes and diamonds
Broken and alive
Waves across the skyline
Drifting in the rain
Nothing lasts forever
But it all fades the same
Memories like satellites
Turning in the blue
Every road I follow
Leaves me close to you
Every mind becomes a sign
Every ending takes its time
And somewhere underneath the night
There’s still a little light
From ashes and diamonds
We rise and we fall
Holding on to moments
We thought we’d lost it all
Through the silence and the storms
Through the echoes in our minds
We’re made of ashes and diamonds
Broken and alive
Slowly the darkness disappears
Nothing left to hide
Out of the wreckage and the years
Something survives
From ashes and diamonds
Nothing truly dies
Every dream we buried
Comes back to life
In the shadows, in the fire
In the spaces left behind
We’re made of ashes and diamonds
Forever intertwined
© 2026 Words and Music by William Fred Thompson