Blood On The Doorframe

(Rain falling)

You said forever…

Guess forever lied…

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Clocked out exhausted, soaked in rain

Worked all damn day just to keep us straight

Flowers on the seat, thinking tonight

Maybe we’d finally be alright

House too quiet, TV glowing blue

Two glasses sitting there that weren’t from you

Then I heard footsteps upstairs in our room

And my whole chest filled with doom

Opened the door and my soul hit the floor

You in his arms where we loved before

Couldn’t even move, couldn’t even speak

Felt my whole world break underneath

Pictures on the wall turned black in my eyes

Every promise we made died tonight

You looked scared, but I looked worse

‘Cause I would’ve died for you first

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Now the house smell like smoke and regret

Your perfume got me choking to death

I gave you trust, you gave me scars

Now I’m outside screaming at stars

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Male:

You said you’d never leave me bleeding

Now my demons got a reason

Rage in my chest, pain in my veins

Love turned into acid rain

Female:

I know I broke us, I know I lied

I see the darkness in your eyes

One selfish night, one wrong choice

Now all we are is broken noise

Both:

We went from forever to strangers fast

Watching our whole world collapse

Two broken souls in a burning home

Together… but alone

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You think I wanted to break your heart?

I was falling apart from the start

You stopped looking at me the same

And loneliness drove me insane

That ain’t excuse enough, I know

But pain can drag your soul below

He said words you forgot to say

And one weak night I lost my way

But when you walked in, I hated myself

Watched your whole world melt

Saw the flowers hit the floor

And knew we’d never heal no more

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LOVE DON’T LIVE HERE NOW

JUST BROKEN WALLS IN A BURNED-OUT HOUSE

YOU TOOK MY SAFE PLACE AWAY

NOW ALL I FEEL IS RAGE

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Punched the hallway wall till my hands went numb

Blood on my fists like “what’d I become?”

You kept crying, begging me to stay

But I don’t know your face today

I was killing myself to build our life

Working late nights trying to make things right

And you traded forever for temporary thrills

Now I got wounds whiskey can’t heal

I loved you deeper than I loved myself

Now I gotta fix my mental health

You broke a man who would’ve died for you

That’s the pain I can’t get through

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Male:

You said forever, now forever dead

Still hear your voice inside my head

Every kiss became a scar

Now I’m driving rage through the dark

Female:

If I could undo that night, I would

Go back and love you like I should

But trust don’t heal once it breaks apart

Now we’re ghosts with shattered hearts

Both:

We went from dreams to blackened skies

To screaming matches and goodbye cries

Standing in the ashes of love we made

Watching forever fade…

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I came home looking for love…

But all I found was goodbye…