(Verse 1)
Sunrise paints the porch a faded blue, just like the bruise beneath my skin
Left a diamond ring, a letter too, where our forever should've been
She don't answer, just the wind it sighs, a hollow echo down the street
Guess "always" turned to goodbye lies, and now my heart just skips a beat.
(Chorus)
Jack Daniels and a bottle of pills, that's how I tried to wash her ghost away
Razor's edge on lonely window sills, just tryin' to make the hurt obey
Cigarette smoke, a hazy, bitter cloud, hid the tears I couldn't hold
Begged her, chased her, screamed out loud, a story that's been bought and sold.
(Verse 2)
Hospital walls, a sterile, empty white, therapists and doctors, all the same
Psychiatrist's words, a fading, distant light, just whispers in a broken game
Tattoos bleedin' ink on scarred up skin, coverin' the lines she left behind
Findin' pleasure in the pain within, a twisted comfort for a twisted mind.
(Bridge)
Sheriff's knock, cold steel on my wrist, my mama's tears, a silent, heavy rain
She said, "He needs help," with a trembling fist, but all I felt was the tightening chain.
Thought about the rope, the easy way to go, the plan she almost understood.
Screenshots of my pain, a TikTok show, they laughed like any bad kid would.
The foreman saw my arms, a weathered hand, a story of his own, a knowing grin.
He said, "Son, you ain't the only one," and laughed, and I just laughed right back again.
(Verse 3)
Walkin' through these halls, I see the same old stare, the haunted eyes, the silent, broken plea.
We're all just fightin' demons, everywhere, a lonely army, you and me.
We're not alone, though the darkness feels so deep, and the shadows whisper lies and doubt.
There's a strength in us, a promise we can keep, to find our way, and somehow figure out.
(Outro)
This ain't a story with a happy end, but it's a story that ain't through.
We're all just tryin' to mend, and find a little bit of truth.
So if you're listenin', feelin' lost and low, know you ain't the only one in pain.
We'll find our way, we'll learn to grow, and maybe, just maybe, rise again.
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