[Verse 1]
You left your sweater in my backseat
Smelled like summer and a bad idea
Now it rides around like a backseat ghost
I talk to it when you’re not here
Your name’s still carved in the dashboard
I trace the letters at the red lights
Every little scratch is a past life
Every green means we don’t rewrite
[Chorus]
You were my monster, my beautiful wreck
Claws in my heart, teeth in my neck (oh)
Loved you like thunder, loud and obsessed
Now I just wrestle these backseat ghosts in my chest
You were my monster, I still confess
I keep on holding what I should forget
[Rap Verse]
Yeah
I was that mixtape kid, cracked case, fast-forward
You were in the passenger, laughing at my last chorus
Fight in the driveway, slam doors, white knuckles
You cried in my hoodie, left salt on the brass buckle
We were late-night diners, fries on a cold plate
Talking ‘bout forever like forever couldn’t rotate
Now I’m solo in the lane, same road, less grace
Your shadow in the mirror, riding shotgun in my headspace
Tried dating other faces, same bar, same songs
They don’t know the code words, don’t hum along
I’m a joke at the jukebox, begging for a rewind
But the quarter’s already gone, like your hand from mine
[Chorus]
You were my monster, my beautiful wreck
Claws in my heart, teeth in my neck (yeah)
Loved you like thunder, loud and obsessed
Now I just wrestle these backseat ghosts in my chest
You were my monster, I still confess
I keep on holding what I should forget
[Bridge]
Are you driving with the windows down
Still cursing my name out loud
Do you ever hear our old song
And feel it all, all wrong, all wrong
[Chorus]
You were my monster, my beautiful wreck
Claws in my heart, teeth in my neck (oh-oh)
Loved you like thunder, loud and obsessed
Now I just wrestle these backseat ghosts in my chest
You were my monster, I still confess
I keep on loving what I should forget