Heartstrings Untied

Caught in the rain with a cigarette dream

Streetlights flicker like a movie scene

Heartbreak whispers in a shadow's tone

I'm just a man trying to mend my own

Velvet skies and a heavy sigh

The echo of your name won't let me lie

Fingers trace the outline of the pain

Every love song feels like a hurricane

Heartstrings untied like a marionette

Every step I take's a step of regret

Dancing alone where the shadows reside

Heartstrings untied I can't run or hide

Blue notes hum through a whiskey haze

Chasing ghosts through the neon maze

Time moves slow but the wounds stay deep

In the silence your memory creeps

Every chord I strum feels like a plea

A hollow echo of what used to be

But I keep on singing through the broken nights

Hoping someday you'll turn on the lights

Heartstrings untied like a marionette

Every step I take's a step of regret

Dancing alone where the shadows reside

Heartstrings untied I can't run or hide