Aviators - Ashes Lyrics






When the world burned I faced the task
Of rebuilding what I had made
I'd raise the sun again
I'd bring them through the end
And day by day they passed away
Right before my eyes
Six became a team of five
I couldn't help but pass them by

Ashes to ashes
Dust to dust
Honor to glory
And iron to rust
Hate to bloodshed
From rise to fall
If I never have to die
Am I alive at all?

When flames would rise to my allies
I'd feel the pain inside
I was the victor at a cost
With every war a friend was lost
On deaf ears fell my cries of hurt
As the last one drove insane
He turned and went astray
Only my own blood to fade away

Ashes to ashes
Dust to dust
Honor to glory
And iron to rust, to rust
Hate to bloodshed
From rise to fall
If I never have to die
Am I alive at all?

The nightmare began when it all ended
My own blood the one I had befriended
Ruled in harmony
With the better side of me
But things broke down just when I thought I
Had lost everything I could
I let her slip away
She turned her back on me

Ashes to ashes
Dust to dust
Honor to glory
And iron to rust, to rust
Hate to bloodshed
From rise to fall
If I never have to die
Am I alive at all?

Oh, ashes to ashes
Am I alive at all?

Oh, ashes to ashes
Oh, ashes to ashes

Am I alive at all?





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  1. P.... B....

    Maybe no one was the element of honesty, which is why their friendship ultimately fell apart

  2. O.... D....

    War affects all...
    No one is safe from the impact it can and will bring down to those who fight or not.

    Rage, hatred and want for revenge are the fuel and fire to keep the war going, to keep soldiers fighting against incredible odds.
    Hope, freedom and innocence are the things they fight for. Hope for the war to end, freedom from those who wish bring harm to those whom can't defend themselves. In war, sacrifices will be paid in the blood of others. Where ever War goes... Famine, Pestilence and more Death follow.

  3. D.... V....

    I have somehow missed this song.

  4. A.... L....

    The war on the Earth is scheduled to stop soon. Thank God for that. Otherwise mankind's existence would be short lived.

  5. K.... o....

    Bitch I hear that Dark ending Dark Souls III music in the background. Don't lie to me!

  6. A.... L....

    ... I agree with that warning. But some worlds rise from the ashes of another world. And some men even do the same.

  7. R.... W....

    Ashes to ashes, dust to dust. You're gonna burn like the rest of us!

  8. J.... S....

    Ew gross it’s an mlp song! Get dat shit out of my face!

  9. C.... G....

    I don’t know why I like morbid music cause this is some depression shit immortality is cool till you have no one to care about anymore then it becomes pointless movement through time till the end even then you may be the only thing left

  10. D.... ....

    I love how you reuse parts of some of your old songs in your newer ones, like how the ashes to ashes part in this song was reused in Apocalypse State of Mind. :P This song is super awesome though, I love your songs like this, sort of slow rock, they're cool and beautiful!

  11. Y.... B....

    Has it really been 5 years already...? I'm gonna fuckin cry...

  12. k.... o....

    when my dog died today this was the first song i decided to listen to... when i lose something someone or anything that makes me sad it was always lurking around loving on my dog and listening to this song i can't think of another song that would work like this one...

  13. N.... ....

    And this is... inspire by My Little Pony? Like the one with the rainbow colored horses and stuff? There's not like, some other version, or trick to watching that I'm missing, is there?

  14. D.... K....

    Wow, proof that Bronies can have their epic moments.

  15. G.... ....

    Absolutely stunning, keep up the superb work! Also could you do something based on Cthulu?

  16. I.... K....

    Took me a minute once I read the comments to get that the prologue was related to that my little pony show.
    I thought it was a book description I might've read once.

  17. M.... o....

    "Ashes to ashes,Dust to dust" part gives me Metallica vibes

  18. N.... ....

    Guess that is the song where it is my turn to say this: I got no clue about MLP, but that song is fucking awesome anyways.

  19. W.... W....

    It sounds as though the original Holders in this song either became an extreme or an anti-thesis of their elements.

    In that case, Honesty would most likely have been the changeling Queen.

  20. N.... ....

    This is beautiful

  21. M.... p....

    My HeadCanon:

    Celestia - Honesty
    Luna - Loyalty
    Scorpan - Kindness
    Sombra - Generosity
    Discord - Laughter
    Starswirl - Magic

  22. S.... ....

    Okay so MLP is apparently much darker than I thought

  23. S.... T....

    oh god the nestalgia.

  24. L.... H....

    I have never heard this music before. Its amazing.

  25. D.... W....

    This could fit dark souls so well

  26. d.... K....

    I love it,

  27. H.... R....

    I want a collaboration of Aviators and All good things for an epic album.

  28. C.... b....

    The only brony I will not purge.

  29. T.... w....

    That prologue could be a perfect intro for a Bionicle song, maybe you should make one

  30. B.... ....

    Das beste Song, was ich gehört habe.😍😍😍

  31. A.... R....

    "If I never have to die, am I alive at all?"
    Celestia was questioning her own existance. That is terrifying to think about.

  32. T.... n....

    I love this song but at 3:30 onward is my favorite part

  33. �.... �....

    how a single misshearing can lead to not understanding the whole piece of this art?
    like whole
    all this time i thinked the lurics was "and i'm afraid to die, my life at all" and some times i was hearin "and i'm scared of the dark, my life at all"
    and because of that i was totaly misleaded in to wrong understanding, like in the song "psychoactive" i hear two different lyrics but they both lead to same meaning, difference is in first persion character, but this is new leaf to my misleading senses, i lost the original meaning and was lead to the wrong one, what a joke.

  34. A.... t....

    Dark Souls much?

  35. Z.... N....

    Even as a former brony with not that much of an interest in the show anymore (I'll still watch the movie, though), this is epic, and I'd accept this as a canon for where the Elements originated from

  36. F.... ....

    "NOTE: Honesty is excluded from the story for a reason. The element existed, but isn't mentioned in the prologue."







    Best background pony.

  37. M.... p....

    My HeadCanon:

    Bearded Guy - Magic
    King Sombra - Generosity
    Tirek's Brother - Kindness
    Discord - Laughter
    Luna - Loyalty
    Celestia - Honesty

  38. J.... W....

    Wow. it's been 3 years since I've listened to this song

  39. S.... H....

    about ashes

    i did cry about past by formes of life about love ; a pain for existance with the atmosphere dizzy by maked wind of info , but went the combined little bugs after with self to could help the transparent much by the consecvence of was formed by a machine born also

    and i knew bugs went of be near by controled devices of formed machine

    S.... H....

    those bugs with substances and lights combined and smoked did could give the equilibrium of not die from mistakes , if sky was blue and colors about planets and stars , and around those gas and some cold and hot means by power than combined them with things , substances , but bugs was formed to help a self to not die by intersected matter to senses with ways of breath and not just

  40. t.... ....

    1:18 when youre in overwatch comp and someone on your team leaves

  41. A.... ....

    can i use this song in a video,giving you credit of course.

  42. U.... E....

    that moment you realize its about MLP

  43. J.... V....

    I had no idea what this was about but after reading the comment section omg mlp is dark

    J.... V....

    It gets that way yeah. This is the "bright" dark side

  44. A.... K....

    3:30 ... This remembers me the Cold winter's main screen theme xD

  45. J.... N....

    the only way i can listen to this is if i think its not MLP

    J.... N....

    but it is lol, deal with it

  46. E.... ....

    THEORY: Honesty was excluded from the story. because only one pony was well enough for it. Applejack. so when they thought they had the elements. They didn't causing only one to be immortal. and when they tried to stop a major problem they never won because the honesty class wasn't there. so Celestia made a new world to forget about her friend's death. She also found out the problem and fixed it by creating the Mane 6. Laughter, Kindness, Generosity, loyalty, Magic and Honesty. BTW Anyone notice the pony made by the sparks?

    E.... ....

    @Aura Dragon NEW THEORY, The one that was immortal helped her friends through the war. Shortly before Nightmare Moon.

    E.... ....

    Eyeream jeezus fuck mlp is dark

    E.... ....

    Jasper Valentine no parts of the mlp fandom are dark

    E.... ....

    Aura Dragon then what's this?

    E.... ....

    just what i said the fandom's darker side

  47. T.... o....

    "Ashes to ashes
    Dust to dust" REMINDS ME OF DUST: AN ELYSIAN TAIL, it gave me the feels ;(

    T.... o....

    The one who learns Same... Ashes... to Ashes...

    T.... o....

    It reminded me of Dark Souls... I need heelies for my feelies

  48. d.... w....

    My headcanon for this song, is that Chrysalis held Honesty.

    d.... w....

    ohhh that kinda makes sense

    d.... w....

    Damian C.
    that doesn't make sense since she is it's practical antithesis personality and action wise

    d.... w....

    My HeadCanon:

    Bearded Guy - Magic
    King Sombra - Generosity
    Tirek's Brother - Kindness
    Discord - Laughter
    Luna - Loyalty
    Celestia - Honesty

    d.... w....

    Chryssy may as well be, for all we know. Then she became corrupted and turned into the opposite of Honesty.

    Same with Sombra. He was Generosity in this, but then became corrupted. He wanted to rule as a dictator. He became his opposite.

  49. K.... K....

    only the chroniclers can tell the truth

  50. B.... F....

    Очень красивый текст у тебя, автор..

  51. R.... S....

    avaitors's theroy about celestia is what the evidence I'm gathering is for :D

  52. B.... F....

    `...Let her slip away`, but in the song is: "I let her slip away..." I think there are a little mistake in the description..

  53. B.... F....

    '...Of rebuilding what I made' , but in the song is: "Of rebuilding what I HAVE made".. I think there are a little mistake in the description..

  54. t.... ....

    chrysalis is honesty?

  55. T.... ....

    I love the song itself, but I think their math in the opening was a little off...

  56. J.... D....

    :.) so pertti

  57. J.... D....

    its prettiful .o.

  58. H.... M....

    this song reminds me of ashes to ashes dust to dust by linkin park

  59. S.... C....

    well... I'm depressed and a little scared now...

  60. S.... C....

    well... I'm depressed and a little scared now...

  61. S.... C....

    well... I'm depressed and a little scared now...

  62. a.... c....

    I think scorpan should have been the element of honesty..... it makes sense

  63. k.... ....

    if you notice the person that was telling the story said "I'd raise the sun again" meaning it was Princess Celestia that was telling the story, so Pinkie Twinkle your statement might be incorrect, infact the Honesty Element is with Princess Celestia as well as Kindness, cause it only states 5 outa 6 it is one of the few options we have to go by, there might be more out there but we have no clue unless they state the name, since it only states 5 outa 6 again, Princess Celestia, Princess Luna, Discord, and King Sombra, meaning either its Princess Celestia or it was Queen Chrysalis, since she has a past with Princess Celestia. Other then that in the end it says "My own blood the one I had befriended: Ruled in harmony: With the better side of me: But things broke down just when I thought I: Had lost everything I could I: Let her slip away: She turned her back on me" which is more proof that it is Princess Celestia telling the story.

    k.... ....

    +knotageek Sorry, I got carried away.....

    k.... ....

    +knotageek is it also bad that i pay attention to much?

  64. N.... K....

    I thought the thumbnail was a plasma bombardment from Halo so i thought, "Oh look, a Halo song made by Aviator"

  65. Y.... ....

    Wow. This song is so sad that it makes me physically uncomfortable every time I listen to it, yet it's so beautiful i can't stop listening. And that ending, with Luna's betrayal... damn.

  66. T.... ....

    "The nightmare began when it all ended
    My own blood the one I had befriended" that about Luna?

    T.... ....

    +The_Mangle yes and the rest of that part is about luna as well

    T.... ....

    +Brad Brown ah thanks mate

  67. P.... T....

    I think I figured out why Honesty was excluded. I think the Honesty Element belongs to the one telling the Story (the one singing the song). It takes an honest person to tell a deep story like this.

    P.... T....

    the issue i have with this theory is that it speaks of the singer raising the sun, which is indicative of the singer being celestia

    P.... T....

    unless honesty is the one telling the prolouge

    P.... T....

    Pinkie Twinkle good thinking

    P.... T....

    Singer is definitely Celestia. Said the one who became the Nightmare turned her back on her (the singer). Luna became the Nightmare.

    P.... T....

    The lack of honesty remind me of this video: https://youtu.be/q98vCgYVxBU

  68. M.... ....

    I have a very different backstory for Celestia, but I could see this as the theme for her sorrow in that one, as well.

  69. I.... o....

    funny how a tree devaluates this song, but very good, almost cry'd

  70. K.... J....

    +Aviators You make some dark songs about MLP. Don't get me wrong it's cool but I would never expect anyone to be able to make so many dark things on a show like My little Pony.

  71. E.... ....

    I like the song, but the fact that it's a My Little Pony fanfiction almost ruined for me

    E.... ....

    +Project: Fyerbird a.k.a Cobalt Prime Nah... THAT'S THE BEST PART!! XD

    E.... ....

    Technically, it not a fanfiction.
    It's a song.

    E.... ....

    +Kevin Orosa 👍

    E.... ....

    @Darkrai2003 Yup. It's a headcanon tho

  72. V.... ....

    I just had a horrible thought.

    "6 became a team of 5."

    what is that's referring to the elements of harmony and "the last one goes insane." is referring to Twilight?

    V.... ....

    more likely discord.

    V.... ....

    I was thinking sombra cause he enslaved ponys

    V.... ....

    insane from watching her friends die while she lives on.

  73. B.... M....

    They never mention the six member of the group, it kinda seems like they were left out. I know honesty was left out for a reason (don't know what reason)
    but the opening says "the six fought together" though it only lists 5

    B.... M....

    @Beau Mercury
    They would've had to have their whole race changed.

    B.... M....

    It all depends on how changlings came to be in the first place. And her being the queen, there is a good chance they would follow how she acts. Or, like I said before, she was a normal pony and after being corrupted, she turned into Chrysalis. 

    B.... M....

    @Beau Mercury
    Even though she's the queen that doesn't mean she was the first, and I doubt all her subjects or even close to that many would follow suit. If chrysalis was changed before being queen logic would state that she wouldn't  become queen.

    B.... M....

    Well thats only if changlings existed before her. 
    We don't know anything about the changlings past, so its kinda up in the air. Maybe we;ll get more on that in season 6 (hahaa wouldn't that be a dream) 

    B.... M....

    @Beau Mercury
    I hope

  74. N.... ....

    This song greatly improves the atmosphere of WW3. Like Albert Einstein said, "If we have a WW3, we'll be fighting with Sticks and Stones." This rings so true because no one can ever like eachother. The world needs peace and to remove atomics for good.

  75. J.... R....

    0:46
    when the fire nation attacked

    J.... R....

    Jason Ross AAAAAYYYYYY

    J.... R....

    Jason 💘💀🇺🇸💔

    J.... R....

    Only the Avatar, master of all four elements could stop them, but when the world needed him most, he vanished...


    *I'll stop there*

  76. E.... ....

    I don't get it. Where are Sombra, the Doctor, and Starswirl mentioned? Also, why are people saying that 'Honesty' was the only Element mentioned when I did hear mention of any?

  77. M.... W....

    all of their songs are me

  78. A.... ....

    This song is pretty. :)

    A.... ....

    yah but sadly its MLP related

    A.... ....

    Is there something wrong with MLP? I mean I don't actually watch it, but there's no reason to hate on a song just because it's based off something you may not like.

    A.... ....

    @GamingPoros i get that shit all the time so shut up

    A.... ....

    :-( 💔💀

  79. C.... J....

    no one in mlp is immortal celestia is dying thats why she made the mane six the carriers of the elements

  80. S.... T....

    its a great video and i absolutely love this song, but in the beginning of the song, where it has the text, it only mentions five out of the six elements. you neglected to mention honesty

    S.... T....

    +Steven Tarsitano
    on the possitive, i do see beauty in the song itself. i absolutely love the fact that celestia was probably sad while she ruled alone. it brings a rather emotional and poetic view to a rather happy and colorful serries. i gotta tell you, man. i love your music.

    S.... T....

    +Steven Tarsitano read the desc.

  81. A.... D....

    wait but Celestias partners were also immortal. Well most of them Discord Luna Sombra for all we known. I'm guessing there's a reason she said the last one turned insane. hahaha I wonder who that is

    A.... D....

    +Asher Honeycutt (Discord) Starswirl, as far as I know, was not Immortal

    A.... D....

    @Daniel Henegar most of them most of them. I did say that right?...yep just checked

    A.... D....

    Luna... 100% Luna....

  82. D.... G....

    ;-; i love this

  83. D.... ....

    This song brings tears to my eyes Dx

  84. m.... ....

    It really resembles "Everything ends here" by Gunpowderbob, especially at the beginning

  85. B.... ....

    'Ashes to ashes, dust to dust'
    *yells* GODDAMNIT JTMACHINIMAAAAA

    B.... ....

    your gunna burn with the REST OF US! xD(I thought he was gunna sing that too)

    B.... ....

    Ashes to ashes,
    Dust to dust,
    We are nothing more than dust,
    And to the dust we shall return.

    Amen.

    B.... ....

    YEEEEEEESSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! JT FOR LLLLIIIIIIIIIFFFFFFFEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!

    B.... ....

    Bear
    This song was made way before Another Five Nights, but I understand what you're saying.

    B.... ....

    @Alicorn Pictures Music I think he's implying that JT copied but idk ashes to ashes and dust to dust are commonly used phrases

  86. A.... A....

    Moral of the story: power corrupts, and history repeats itself.

    A.... A....

    its acctually about immortalilty

  87. T.... ....

    Until everything changed... when the Fire Nation attacked...

    T.... ....

    +TheSonicSilhouette You little!- Okay, that was funny.

    T.... ....

    +TheSonicSilhouette NICE!

    T.... ....

    +TheSonicSilhouette NICEEEEE

  88. J.... B....

    welcome to tartarus

  89. Z.... 1....

    u don't mind if I use this in my action songs for my lets play right

  90. N.... ....

    is it just me, or do i count 5 not 6 elements?

    N.... ....

    well ...XD thx for the information

    N.... ....

    Read the desc...

  91. r.... ....

    Then shouldn't someone like Tirek be Honesty?

    r.... ....

    @ryaku5 check the date tirek wasn't in mlp at that time

    r.... ....

    @Light Surgery but chrysalis. Maybe... dunno. May be a possibility

    r.... ....

    @Ricardo Adorno celestia didn't even know chrysalis until she attacked...

    Hell...

    I don't think she even knew that changelings existed till then...

  92. P.... ....

    When I choose this song I didn't think it would be a my little pony song. Let alone one about ultimate death

    P.... ....

    Me neither

    P.... ....

    Same bro, I was shocked when I found out

    P.... ....

    Me neither

    P.... ....

    Hey i don’t care its good

  93. S.... F....

    Honestly a brilliant way to look at it! A nice story with lots of meaning, and can be listened to without knowing anything about ponies. Brilliant.

  94. T.... 3....

    Moral of the story:immortality sucks

    T.... 3....

    It's a sacrifice

    T.... 3....

    Its more of a curse than a blessing, the more you grow old the more you wish it would end and the more you go insane

  95. D.... b....

    Oh man the instant you started singing I got goosebumps all up my arms :D this song is beautiful!!!!!!!

  96. r.... ....

    My mistake

  97. r.... ....

    Soo I decided to listen to this again after finally watching "Snowdrop"