Lie It All, Down

Verse 1  
There’s a barroom moon hangin’ crooked tonight  
Neon buzzin’ like a headache that won’t die  
I been starin’ at the ceiling since you hit the porch light  
Left me with the ashes and a half-drunk goodbye  

Pre  
You said forever wore your mama’s old ring  
Now forever’s just a word that don’t mean anything  

Chorus  
The blue in the sky turned red from the cries that I cried  
When you burned it all down, torched the porch and the pride  
What’s true… when you turned the lead into my eye  
Concerned… after you lie it all down  
Lie it all… down  

*(distorted slide guitar screams once then melts back into reverb ocean • pitched-down Tammy Wynette sample whispers “stand by your maaaaan” backwards)*

Verse 2  
Got a Polaroid of us taped to the dash  
Your smile’s still sharp enough to cut through the glass  
But the colors bleed funny when the tape starts to drag  
Like even the memory knows it ain’t comin’ back  

Pre  
You said “baby I’m leavin’” like it’s just one more town  
Now the skyline’s on fire and the radio’s down  

Chorus  
The blue in the sky turned red from the cries that I cried  
When you burned it all down, gasoline valentine  
What’s true… when you turned the lead into my eye  
Concerned… after you lie it all down  
Lie it all… down  

Bridge  
*(beat cuts — only lonely Fender Rhodes and a slowed + chopped vocal chop of “I still love you” stretched into eternity)*  
Saw your taillights bleed into the blacktop vein  
Heard the devil hummin’ your favorite refrain  
Now the sunset’s wearin’ your lipstick stain  
And I’m still coughin’ up sparks in your name  

Final Chorus  
*(full drop — crushing nu-metal chug underneath vaporwave mall fountain arpeggios • pedal steel weeping through the mix like a ghost)*  

The blue in the sky turned red from the cries that I cried  
When you burned every letter, every promise, every night  
What’s true… when you turned that lead straight through my eye  
Still concerned… even after you lie it all down  
Lie it all… lie it all…  
lie it all down  

*(final chord hangs forever • warped answering machine beep • faint voice, barely audible:)*  
“if you’re listenin’… I’m sorry… I just… I had to…”  

*(click. tape hiss. silence.)*

90S Country, Nu Metal, Vaporwave, Soul Ballad, Dj Scratches, Raspy Voice, Gritty Vocals, Fast Pace, Heartbreak Slow-Burn