From the recording Ash and Rain
Ash and Rain is a murder ballad about a young girl whose true love cheats on her, so she stabs him and throws him overboard into the stormy seas. Her sins are then absolved at the end by the sun engulfing the whole world in flames.
Lyrics by Erinn Peet Lukes
Music by Erinn Peet Lukes and Noah G Fowler
Guitar and Vocals Erinn Peet Lukes
Banjo and Vocals Laura Ray
Fiddle and Vocals Amelia Ransom
Mandolin David Freeman
Bass Ashleigh Caudill
Dobro Allen Cooke
Mastered by Anna Frick
Artwork @theecoralee
Recorded and Mixed at Elevated Music Studios in Nashville, TN
Lyrics
I was just a girl when I saw your face
and knew you were the one
I was meant to love in this place
lit up by the sun
oh the sun will come someday and burn up everything
The stars were lost so we walked across
the bridge over the water
to the stones over the bones
of your mother and father
oh the sun will come someday and burn up everything
But don't be blue I'll walk with you
and I'll be your shoulder to cry on
when your mother and father are gone
I was naive until the sea
turned angry and dark
I realized those hazel eyes
did not hold my heart
Oh the sun will come someday and burn up everything
and when it does I hope its cause
you lied and you cheated
the ocean cried and I realized I cannot be defeated
oh the sun will come someday and burn up everything
the knife was true and my eyes of blue
ran cold and empty
as I threw you to the sea
I was just a girl when I saw your face
and knew you were the one
I was meant to love in this place
lit up by the sun
oh the sun will come someday and burn up everything
My worst laid plans and bloody hands will turn to Ash and Rain
oh they'll turn to Ash and Rain
oh they'll turn to Ash and Rain