Burn It Down, Build It Back

[Verse 1]
Woke up on a stranger’s floor
Cold tile
Warm regret
Wallet full of empty nights
Phone full of unread texts
Your picture in a cracked-up screen
My hands still smell like that smoke
Every promise that I ever made
Curled up and turned to ghost
[Chorus]
I had a heart like a backroad bar
Pourin’ cheap thrills into my scars
Lost your love at the bottom of a glass
Thought the fire in my veins was all I had
Now I’m learnin’ how to feel this hurt
Learnin’ how to bleed and not get burned
Burn it down
Then build it back
Sober love from all that black
[Verse 2]
Mama’s voice on Sunday night
“Boy
You’re soundin’ thin”
Pastor talkin’ ‘bout a second chance
I just let him in
White chips
Coffee
Shaky hands
You showed up and took a seat
Said
“I loved you at your worst
You know
Now come and love you with me”
[Chorus]
I had a heart like a backroad bar
Pourin’ cheap thrills into my scars
Lost your love at the bottom of a glass
Thought the fire in my veins was all I had
Now I’m learnin’ how to feel this hurt
Learnin’ how to bleed and not get burned
Burn it down
Then build it back
Sober love from all that black
[Bridge]
Every high left a hollow
Every lie left a stain
You put your hand on my shaking chest
Said
“Baby
That’s just pain
It don’t own you
It don’t name you”
You just held on through my rain (oh yeah)
[Chorus]
I had a heart like a backroad bar
Pourin’ cheap thrills into my scars
Lost your love at the bottom of a glass
Thought the fire in my veins was all I had
Now we’re learnin’ how to heal this hurt
Walkin’ through the ashes
Bare and sure
Burn it down
Then build it back
Sober love from all that black
Burn it down
We’ll build it back
Sober love
And that’s our last

rock, Gritty country rock with male vocals, overdriven telecaster riffs and a steady stomp-and-clap groove. First verse sits low and weary; chorus explodes with stacked gang vocals and wide-open drums. Second verse adds Hammond organ pads, bridge strips to voice and fingerpicked guitar before a final full-band, shout-along chorus., healing, country rock