Clean Slate

[Verse 1]
You left your denim jacket
On the back of my one good chair
Dust on the dashboard
August
Your ghost in the rearview air
I burned through all our pictures
Like tickets from a losing game
Swore I was done with starting over
But I’m writing your name
[Chorus]
Clean slate
Fresh paint on an old wood frame
Same heart
Trying to beat a brand new way
Yeah
I’ve been wrecked
But watch me step out of the flame
Clean slate
It’s still my mess
But it’s my name
[Verse 2]
I changed the townie bar I go to
Hit the diner at a different time
I take the long way by the river
So I don’t cross your lines
Your mama asked me how I’m doing
I said
“better than I’ve been”
Truth is I’m barely holding steady
But I’m leaning in
[Chorus]
Clean slate
Fresh paint on an old wood frame
Same heart
Trying to beat a brand new way
Yeah
I’ve been wrecked
But watch me step out of the flame
Clean slate
It’s still my mess
But it’s my name
[Bridge]
I ain’t erasing you
Just tracing something true
Scars like county roads
Still lead me somewhere new
(yeah, somewhere new)
[Chorus]
Clean slate
Fresh paint on an old wood frame
Same heart
Trying to beat a brand new way
Yeah
I’ve been wrecked
But watch me step out of the flame
Clean slate
It’s still my mess
But it’s my name
Clean slate
This broken heart
Still signs my name

rock, Late-90s alt-country meets modern pop-country: overdriven telecasters, moody pads, and deep 808-style low end under steady live drums. Verses stay intimate and hushed; chorus explodes anthemic with stacked male vocals and wide guitars. Subtle organ shimmer in the bridge, then a final, soaring refrain that invites crowd singalong., clean, male vocals, country rock, moody, alternative country, pop, country, electric