[Intro]
[low vocal register]
Engine light on
Sky look torn
Ashtray full
Heart half-worn
[Verse 1]
You left that letter on the dash
Folded like a map to some old past life
I been driving in a crooked line
Talking to your ghost at every red tail light
Dust on my boots, but my pride still clean
Jack in the cup, but my hands still shake
Telling all my friends that I'm just fine
Then I park outside your road and just wait
[Chorus]
I'm a dying star
Burning out where you can't see
Falling through the dark
You the wish they stole from me
Yeah I'm shining hard
But it ain't what it used to be
I'm a dying star
Since you don't believe in me
[Verse 2]
Half-rap prayers in a bathroom stall
Name carved deep in a barroom door
Mama say "son, you been gone too long"
I just blame the miles, not the things I tore
Got this chain on my neck like a county line
Every mile marker say turn back home
But my foot press down when your song come on
And I mouth those words like they my own
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
[whispered vocals]
Look up, baby
When the sky turn red
That's me, honey
Spelling out what I should've said
[crescendo]
If I crash tonight on this empty road
Let the headlines read what my heart done wrote:
He was yours
He was yours
Even when he let go
[Chorus]