When We Were Good

[Verse 1]
You left your boots
By the back door
Like you'd be home
By Sunday morning
But the coffee’s cold
On your side of the sink
And the dog still flinches
Every time the floorboards creak
[Chorus]
Love didn’t have to die
When we were good
We were good
We were good
You slammed the door
On everything I understood
You lit the match
Then asked why it all burned
Love didn’t have to die
Why didn’t you stay
Why didn’t you learn
[Verse 2]
Your friends still talk
Like I’m half a joke
Like the nights we built
Were some bar-room smoke
You called me “home”
Then you called me “too much”
Now I'm screaming at the mirror
Just to feel your touch (hey!)
[Chorus]
Love didn’t have to die
When we were good
We were good
We were good
You tore the page
Right out of the book
You walked away
Like it all meant nothing
Love didn’t have to die
Why did you run when it started cutting
[Bridge]
Did you panic when it got real?
Did my heartbeat scare you still?
Every promise that you swore
Lying drunk on the kitchen floor
You said “always”
You said “mine”
You said “forever”
Then checked the time
[Chorus]
Love didn’t have to die
When we were good
We were good
We were good
It kills me that
You’re breathing just fine
I’m stuck here
With you under my skin
Love didn’t have to die
But it did
And it hurts
Loving him

rock, Raw late-90s punk rock, female vocals tearing at the edge. Tight, overdriven guitars, fast drums with a shove, bass glued to the kick. Verses clipped and bitter, chorus explodes with gang shouts and doubled leads. Brief half-time bridge then final chorus hits harder, with one extra harmony line screaming the hook., punk