[instrumental solo intro]
Woo!
[spoken-word]
Let’s go
If you’re waking up wrapped in someone new
While I was chasing nights I thought I’d never live through
I wear this grin like a paper shield
But I’d give it all for one more night — to feel you for real
Remember the ferris wheel? I laughed, you screamed
Your head on my shoulder — both lost in a dream
You’d mock my songs while kissing the lines
We turned every bedroom into something divine
[Pre-Chorus]
Your call came through at 3:59
Another war with your father — same broken line
So I run to you, yeah, I run to you
[Chorus]
But I won’t sit on your old porch swing
I won’t wait for the dark to start its whispering
I might fall in a bed that don’t feel so right
But my soul’s still stuck in those Mexico nights
You said the world’s too much for me to take
I said then let’s burn it down, for fuck’s sake
So I run, yeah, I run
To the place where we came undone
[Verse 2]
Now I haunt these bars like I own the floor
Another name, another night, another face slammed door
I fake the charm, I play the scene
But the sorrow hides behind every smile seen
Your laugh’s a ghost I can’t outrun
It shows up drunk when the last song’s done
You’re not here, but you’re not that far
You’re still carved into every mental scar
[music stops. spoken word clear]
“Hahaha, yeah I wear those scars”
Woo!
[Chorus]
But I won’t sit on your old porch swing
I won’t wait for the dark to start its whispering
I might fall in a bed that don’t feel so right
But my soul’s still stuck in those Mexico nights
You said the world’s too much for me to take
I said then let’s burn it down, for fuck’s sake
So I run, yeah, I run
To the place where we came undone
[spoken word]
“Bend them strings”
Woo!
[Instrumental solo break]
[singer excited yelling away from microphone]
[Bridge — Final strike]
If you see me spinning out too fast
Don’t look, don’t ask — I’ll lie just to wear your mask
While I’m saying I’m fine, laughing like hell
But your memory, those scars, know me all too well
[Chorus]
But I won’t sit on your old porch swing
I won’t wait for the dark to start its whispering
I might fall in a bed that don’t feel so right
But my soul’s still stuck in those Mexico nights
You said the world’s too much for me to take
I said then let’s burn it down, for fuck’s sake
So I run, yeah, I run
To the place where we came undone
[Outro, Melancholy, Quiet Arrangement]
Still you’re somewhere in a midnight song
Still you’re somewhere where the nights are long
Still, yeah, you’re somewhere —
Even when I’m gone
[instrumental, solo outro]
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