[Verse 1 — Genre: Country Ballad | Tempo: 64 BPM | Key: G Major | Style: Soft acoustic guitar, distant steel, fragile female vocal]
He left his boots by the front door
Like he was comin’ back for more
Half a glass still on the sink
Cheap bourbon, broken dreams
She traced his name in the dust
Where love used to feel like trust
Now the silence cuts so deep
Even shadows couldn’t sleep
[Chorus — Genre: Country Ballad | Tempo: 64 BPM | Style: Male + Female harmony, swelling strings, aching steel guitar]
So pour it down, let it burn
For every page we couldn’t turn
We were fire, we were smoke
We were lies we never spoke
Now the night don’t feel like home
It just echoes what we broke
Two hearts lost in the fight
Ashes don’t apologize
[Verse 2 — Genre: Country Ballad | Tempo: 64 BPM | Key shift hint | Style: Male vocal enters, deeper tone, light piano added]
He heard she don’t laugh no more
Don’t dance like she did before
Got a ghost sittin’ in her chest
Where he used to lay his head
He swore he’d never be that man
But whiskey don’t give a damn
Now the mirror tells the truth
He became what he accused
[Chorus — Genre: Country Ballad | Tempo: 64 BPM | Style: Full duet, heavier strings, emotional peak building]
So pour it down, let it burn
For every bridge we never turned
We were fire, we were scars
We were shooting broken stars
Now the night just feels like blame
Every sip just fuels the flame
Two souls lost in the lies
Ashes don’t apologize
[Bridge — Genre: Country Ballad | Tempo: slows to ~58 BPM | Style: stripped piano, haunting reverb, near-whisper vocals]
She wore white, he wore regret
Both drownin’ in what they said
No angels came, no hands to hold
Just dirt and secrets left in cold
[Final Chorus — Genre: Country Ballad | Tempo: 64 BPM | Style: Full instrumentation, choir-like backing, emotional climax]
So pour it down, let it burn
Ain’t no lesson left to learn
We were love, we were pain
We were sunshine in the rain
Now the night don’t say goodbye
It just lets the silence cry
Two names carved side by side
Ashes don’t apologize
[Outro — Genre: Country Ballad | Tempo: fading | Style: lone steel guitar + wind ambience]
Just a bottle and a flame
And nobody left to blame
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