Paper Thin Promises

[Verse 1]
You traced your name
On my window in late July
Said “you’re my home”
Then laughed like it was nothing
I saved your texts
Like tickets I’d never lose
You swore you’d stay
Guess that was easy to promise you
[Chorus]
Paper thin promises
Tore right through my hands
You were the match and the gasoline
Burned down every plan
You said forever
Then you vanished
Left me talking to a ghost
Paper thin promises
Cut deeper than you know
[Verse 2]
You changed your shirt
But you couldn’t hide her scent
Red on your neck
That wasn’t from my lipstick
You called me “crazy”
For hearing truths in silence
Funny how guilt
Sounds just like your quiet
[Chorus]
Paper thin promises
Tore right through my hands
You were the match and the gasoline
Burned down every plan
You said forever
Then you vanished
Left me talking to a ghost
Paper thin promises
Cut deeper than you know
[Bridge]
You held my fears
Like they were flaws you’d fix
Took what I gave
Turned it into a trick
Did you ever love me
Or just like the way I broke?
I finally see it
You were lying from hello (from hello)
[Chorus]
Paper thin promises
Tore right through my hands
You were the match and the gasoline
Burned down every plan
You said forever
Then you vanished
Now I’m dancing on the wreck you wrote
Paper thin promises
But I’m stronger than you know (oh)
Paper thin promises
And I’m letting all of them go

rock, Big-hook pop-rock with female vocals; verses sit on clean palm-muted guitars and steady drums, chorus explodes with crunchy power chords and wide backing harmonies, bass driving the downbeat. Start intimate and close-mic’d, then widen the stereo image on each chorus. Middle 8 drops to toms and reverb-soaked guitar swells, final chorus adds a lifted key change and gang-style “oh”s for catharsis., romantic, pop, female vocals