[Verse 1 – clean guitar + steady drums]
I still remember that summer night,
We lit the sky with your cigarette light.
Your lips said “forever,” but your eyes said “run,”
And I still taste the whiskey, the sweat, and the sun.
We carved our names in the back of that bar,
You drove me mad in your beat-up car.
It felt like fire, it felt like fate…
But even fire leaves nothin’ but grey.
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[Pre-Chorus – guitars start to rise]
Now I walk through the ashes of what we became,
You were my spark, now you’re just a flame…
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[Chorus – big distorted power chords, gritty vocals]
Take me back when it burned, when it hurt like hell,
When we crashed so hard, but we wore it well.
Back when your kiss was a loaded gun,
And we didn’t care if we came undone.
Now I’m staring at a ghost in a picture frame…
Screaming your name in the pouring rain.
Take me back — yeah, I never learned,
How to love like that, back when it burned.
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[Verse 2 – heavier guitars drop in]
I see your shadow in the rearview glass,
Heard you moved on — guess nothin’ lasts.
But if you called me tonight, I’d still fall apart,
’Cause you tattooed your name on the edge of my heart.
I tried moving on, I gave it my best,
But I only find peace with my foot on the gas.
No one makes me feel the way that you did…
Like a storm, like a sin, like a wild kid.
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[Pre-Chorus – rising tension again]
You left your mark like a wrecking ball,
But I’d still tear down these walls…
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[Chorus – repeat with backing vocals & harmony]
Take me back when it burned, when it hurt like hell,
When we crashed so hard, but we wore it well.
Back when your kiss was a loaded gun,
And we didn’t care if we came undone.
Now I’m staring at a ghost in a picture frame…
Screaming your name in the pouring rain.
Take me back — yeah, I never learned,
How to love like that, back when it burned.
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[Bridge – softer, stripped down]
Every flame dies out…
But I still feel the heat somehow.
You’re the wound I can’t erase,
And I’d bleed just to feel your face.
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[Final Chorus – full band explosion]
Take me back when it burned, when it hurt like hell,
When we crashed so hard, but we wore it well.
Back when your kiss was a loaded gun,
And we didn’t care if we came undone.
Now I’m haunted by what we were…
And the fire still burns — back when it burned.
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[Outro – fading guitar solo]
Yeah…
Back when it burned…
Back when we burned.
WhiteRhino
