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Ashes by Kid Cudi

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Kid Cudi

Ashes

Release date: 21st August 2025

From Free
Track 8
1:44
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About This Track

'Ashes' by Kid Cudi is a 2025 pop track from the album 'Free'. The lyrics frame a leaving, with the speaker asking for prayer, help, and warmth, then turning the aftermath into a liturgical shrug of "Ashes to ash, dust to dust". There are images of light, dancing through fire, smoke in the air, and a love described in narcotic terms, before the verse breaks off into a direct address. It feels intimate and weary, like a plea for contact that has already started to burn out.

"Ashes" is a track by Kid Cudi, from the album Free, released 21st August 2025. The track is 1:44 long. It's filed under Pop. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 1 article about Kid Cudi.

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Kid Cudi

Kid Cudi

Lyrics

Ashes

Send me your prayer
Forget the memory
Thought you would notice
The day I walked away

I needed your hand
Needed your heart
For us
Ashes to ash, dust to dust

Step into the light
Tell me if you're warm in here
Dancin' in fire
Smoke in the atmosphere
My love is Codeine
You're breakin' and enterin'
I wish you would lie
Tell me we still mean somethin'

Spare me your prayer
Farewell to us
Ashes to ash, dust to dust
Mm-hm, mm

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Track details

From Free

1:442025
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Free
Free
Kid Cudi
22nd August 2025
Track number
8
Release year
2025
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