Left on read

Used to light me up like a cigarette

Now I’m burning out and I still ain’t quit

You wore red flags like they were fashion

I wore heartbreak like a new tattoo

Said we’d be forever, but forever’s just a phase

Now I’m talking to a ghost in your old t-shirt haze

You loved me like a landslide,

I crashed before I knew

Now I’m screaming at the sunrise,

Wishing it was you

You left me on read, I’m stuck in my head

Scars on my sleeve where your words used to tread

Lipstick lies on the back of my neck

I’d take you back if I could forget

But you’re just a bad dream in my bed

You left me—

You left me on read

I play sad songs in your driveway

Hoping maybe you’ll hear me through the static

But you’ve moved on to cleaner hearts

And mine’s still punk and problematic

Your silence is violent, your goodbye was art

Now I’m drowning in verses ‘cause I can’t restart

I’d tattoo “never again” on my soul

If it meant I could feel whole

But I’m addicted to the ache

And you’re my favorite mistake

You left me on read, I’m cold in your flame

A love like ours don’t die—it just forgets your name

Lipstick lies on the back of my neck

I’d take you back if I could forget

But you’re just a sad song in my head

You left me—

You left me on read