Dead to Me Tonight

Found your phone buzzin’ on the counter

Name I didn’t recognize

Same old smile, same old story

Same damn lookin’ in your eyes

You said I was just paranoid

Said I should calm my mind

But the truth don’t whisper softly

It hits like a .45

I see every lie stacked like cards

Your alibis and your excuses

Every late night, every whisper

Every excuse you used to use us

I don’t wanna kill a man

I just want the lie to die

I want introducing-you-to-me

To be the last damn time

You’re standin’ there still breathin’

But the love is gone tonight

You ain’t my heart, you ain’t my home

You’re dead to me tonight

I walked past the bar where we met first

The jukebox still plays our song

Funny how a melody turns bitter

When you realize you don’t belong

I packed my pride in a leather bag

Left the key in the door

Your shadow won’t follow me

I ain’t your fool no more

All those promises crumpled on the floor

Your whispered lies, I won’t ignore

You thought I’d break, you thought I’d stay

But I’m lighting up my own damn way

I don’t wanna kill a man

I just want the past erased

I want your face out of my dreams

Your taste off my name

You’re still walkin’, still talkin’

But you lost the right to try

Yeah, you ain’t my forever

You’re dead to me tonight

I thought about every time I cried

Every tear I hid for you

Every “I forgive you” I whispered

While you were makin’ moves

Now I’m burnin’ bridges, not my soul

I’ll let my anger flow

Not on your blood, not on your skin

But on the lies I won’t condone

I won’t fall for guilt or pleading eyes

I won’t let your charm disguise

The hurt you caused, the games you played

I’m reclaiming everything you betrayed

I don’t wanna kill a man

I just want the past erased

I want your shadow gone for good

No memories, no trace

You’re standin’ tall, you’re breathin’ still

But you’ll never get back inside

Yeah, you’re gone from my heart

You’re dead to me tonight

Maybe some night you’ll realize

That karma don’t sleep, it waits

Some night you’ll see me shining

While you’re trapped in your own mistakes

I thought about dark roads, about broken chains

But I chose freedom over pain

Your lies won’t reach me no more

I’m slamming every door

I don’t wanna kill a man

I just buried what we were

Laid it down in cold goodbye

Let the truth be the cure

You can keep your secrets

And your half-truths wrapped in lies

You’re breathin’, yeah, you’re livin’

But you’re dead to me tonight

I start the car, feel the engine roar

Freedom hummin’ through my veins

I’m alive, I’m whole, I’m finally free

And you? You’ll never hurt me again