Black-Tie Comedy

Verse 1

We were royalty in a broken theater

Watching the worst scenes like they were holy

Quoting bad lines like gospel truth

Laughing like we’d outlive the ending

Your hoodie still smells like smoke and static

Like the night you wouldn’t go home

Now I talk to ghosts in my bedroom

And every one of them sounds like you

Pre-Chorus

You said the dark was just a set piece

Swore the pain would miss its cue

But the spotlight found you anyway

And I watched the curtain fall too soon

Chorus

So here’s my black tie comedy

For a boy who should still be here

You were the joke in the tragedy

The punchline that kept me breathing

And if heaven’s got a sick sense of humor

Then it stole you just to spite me

I hope you’re haunting every angel

’Cause you were mine, not eternity

Verse 2

We made memes out of misery

Like it was our bleeding art

You turned breakdowns into bloopers

And stitched my cracks into dark hearts

Your playlists were my religion

Sad songs and worse taste

Now every track feels unfinished

Like it cuts out when you were supposed to sing along

Pre-Chorus

You were my exit door

In a burning room called life

Now I’m choking on the “what ifs”

Like I struck the match myself

Chorus

So here’s my black tie comedy

Crash the funeral in your name

You taught me the world was beatable

Even when it came with chains

Now I’m screaming through mascara

That I don’t even own

But you were my favorite apocalypse

And I hate that you died alone

Bridge (half-spoken, restrained rage into full scream)

I keep telling myself I could’ve saved you

Like I had some supernatural cure

Like love was a weapon, a miracle drug,

Like I could’ve kicked down death’s door

But I was just your best friend, not God —

Still feels like I lost the war

And I swear if I ever see you again

I’m throwing hands first, then I’m holding you more

Breakdown (heavy, anthemic)

You were not just your illness

You were every stupid hope

Every bad joke, every long night

Every reason I still cope

And I’ll wear your name like a warning

Carve it deep in my chest

If death thinks you’re finished

Then it clearly never met us

Final Chorus

So here’s my black tie comedy

Play it loud in your honor

You were my riot in silence

My disaster-shaped armor

And if there’s a stage in the afterlife

You better save me a fight

We’ve got scenes to rewrite in heaven

And I’m not done yelling tonight

Outro

So roll the credits, my brother

In blood-red font and bad taste

Because the world lost its best damn joke

The night your heart went to waste

And I’ll live loud for the both of us

If I have to burn to be heard

You were the best thing in this nightmare

And I’ll scream your name till it hurts