Red Ink

[Verse 1]
I found your note
In the drawer by my keys
Folded so neat
Like you meant it to bleed
Three little lines
And a name I won’t say
You left me the truth
Then you walked away
[Pre-Chorus]
I read it slow
Till my hands went numb
You made it plain
What we came from
No apology
Just a clean goodbye
Now it tastes like iron
When I swallow tonight
[Chorus]
Red ink, red ink
You signed my name
Red ink, red ink
Left that stain
I keep the letter
I keep the ache
Red ink, red ink
Won’t wash away
(red ink, red ink)
[Verse 2]
Your shirt on the chair
Still smells like rain
Your key on the hook
Like it knows my name
I should throw it out
But I hold it close
Like a little match
In a room of smoke
[Pre-Chorus]
I hear your words
In the sink at night
Cold water runs
But it doesn’t get right
No sweet excuse
No second try
Just a folded heart
With a sharp goodbye
[Chorus]
Red ink, red ink
You signed my name
Red ink, red ink
Left that stain
I keep the letter
I keep the ache
Red ink, red ink
Won’t wash away
(red ink, red ink)
[Bridge]
If love is a door
You slammed it hard
Now I’m tracing your lines
Like a scar on my palm
I was all in
You were halfway out
Tell me why the truth
Had to come like that now
[Final Chorus]
Red ink, red ink
You signed my name
Red ink, red ink
Left that stain
I keep the letter
I keep the ache
Red ink, red ink
Won’t wash away
(red ink, red ink)

Dark pop-trap with heavy 808s, half-time bounce, and a skittering hi-hat grid; verse stays sparse and tense, pre-chorus opens with filtered pads and rising pulses, chorus lands on a sticky melodic hook with stacked doubles and hard ad-libs. Bridge drops to voice and sub, then final chorus blooms with grit. Female vocals, close-mic and emotional, bright punchy mix with tape-fleck ear candy and reverse swells., emotional, beats, pop