In "Ash and Snow," Noah Cyrus & The Hunger Games turn vengeance into a vow made from the grass, waiting in darkness for hate to find its target. The promise to become a flame that casts a shadow and buries every tomorrow frames destruction as intimate and total, not distant. The repeated image of ash and snow pairs burning aftermath with cold burial, suggesting that even in ruin, the avenger remains bound to the enemy. The final admission that hell will hold them both makes the hatred inseparable from self-destruction.
Ash and Snow Lyrics by Noah Cyrus & The Hunger Games
I lay on my back with the snakes in the grass
And I wait for the moment to come
Out here, you can’t see the stars, so I pray to the dark
That this hate of mine will soon find a home
And before I go
I’ll be the flame to cast your shadow
Oh, like ash and snow
I’m gonna bury your tomorrows, oh, mm
All the wrongs that you’ve done, all the innocent blood
That you spilled is a stain you can’t clean
And when I send you to hell, yeah, I’ll be there as well
No, you’ll never get no peace from me
And before I go
I’ll be the flame to cast your shadow
Oh, like ash and snow
I’m gonna bury your tomorrows, oh, mm, ah
Ooh
Oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh, I am your suffering, your sorrow
Under ash and snow
I’m gonna bury your soul, mm
Oh, I lay on my back with the snakes in the grass
And I wait for the moment to come
