After The Fire

Yeah

Turn the guitar up

I wanna feel this shit

One last time

— slow electric guitar riff —

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I still remember your voice in the late night

Backseat talks under cheap streetlights

You looked at me like I was worth something

Now your name just burns when somebody says it

Crazy how love can die so fast

One minute forever, next minute the past

Now I’m driving alone with my hands on the wheel

Trying to convince myself I don’t still feel

But I do

That’s the fucked up truth

You moved on while I’m stuck missing you

Still got old messages I never deleted

Reading them drunk when I know I don’t need it

And every little thing still hits my chest

Songs we loved, your hoodie, the way you dressed

You were the only place that felt like home

Now everything feels cold when I’m alone

I gave you every part of me I had

Even the broken parts, even the bad

And maybe that was my biggest mistake

Loving somebody more than my heart could take

— loud distorted guitar riff —

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So let the speakers shake the room tonight

I wanna drown inside the noise tonight

Cause every memory cuts like broken glass

And every promise disappeared so fast

We burned too bright

Couldn’t survive the flames

Now all we got left

Are pictures and pain

You said forever

Now forever’s gone

And I’m still here screaming your name in songs

— electric guitar solo —

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Sometimes I hate you for leaving me here

Sometimes I miss you so bad it’s weird

Sometimes I wish we never even met

Then I remember your smile and forget

I remember your hand inside mine

Like somehow the world finally felt right

Like maybe all the chaos in my head

Would go quiet if you stayed instead

But love ain’t magic

Love ain’t clean

Sometimes it destroys everything in between

Turns good memories into sleepless nights

Turns two people into strangers for life

Now I got cigarette smoke in my lungs

Sad ass lyrics falling off my tongue

Everybody saying I should move ahead

But they don’t hear your voice stuck in my head

And maybe someday this pain fades out

Maybe someday I stop feeling this now

But tonight I still hear your goodbye

Every time those damn guitars cry

— heavy guitar breakdown —

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So let the amps blow out tonight

Let the whole damn city hear me tonight

Cause loving you was beautiful and violent

Like thunder breaking through the silence

I gave you my trust

You gave me scars

Now I’m writing breakup songs under neon stars

And even after all the tears and fights

Part of me still hopes you’re doing alright

Yeah

Maybe that’s the worst part

Still loving you

After the fire

— final emotional guitar outro fading into static —