Brake Light Heart

I keep the keys in my hand

Like they mean more than they do

Your jacket on the chair

Still bent around your room

I said I’m fine out loud

While my throat went dry

Hard on the outside

But I don’t sleep right

I bite down on the ache

Till my jaw gets sore

I hold the door shut

Then I want you more

Every quiet minute

Hits like a stone

I can take the hit

I can’t take alone

Hard but sad

That’s my shape

Hard but sad

I don’t break

I wear it bad

I smile through

Hard but sad

Still missing you

Your name on my phone

Like a bruise I keep

I scroll past the proof

Then I stare at the screen

Friends say “let it go”

Like it’s easy air

But the house keeps your mark

In the folded chair

I bite down on the ache

Till my jaw gets sore

I hold the door shut

Then I want you more

Every quiet minute

Hits like a stone

I can take the hit

I can’t take alone

Hard but sad

That’s my shape

Hard but sad

I don’t break

I wear it bad

I smile through

Hard but sad

Still missing you

If I go too quiet

I hear you in the hall

If I act too tough

I feel it all

I’m built like a wall

With a crack running through

Look close enough

It’s only losing you

Hard but sad

That’s my shape

Hard but sad

I don’t break

I wear it bad

I smile through

Hard but sad

Still missing you

Hard but sad

Yeah, that’s true

Hard but sad

Still loving you