Silk dress dragging on the motel floor
Neon prayers buzzing through the wall
You said forever like it meant something more
But your eyes were already gone
Cherry smoke and a half-lit sign
California crying in the rain
I traced your name on the back of my mind
Just to feel the ache again
You love me loud when the lights are low
Then leave me quiet at dawn
I play the girl you already know
The one you’re already gone from
We were velvet static, sweet and loud
Breaking hearts in slow motion
You kissed me like a final vow
Then drove off with no devotion
I’m still dancing with your ghost somehow
In the dark where I learned to stay
We were beautiful, broken, bound
In a very American way
Gold rims spinning on borrowed dreams
Blue jeans stained with regret
You said pain makes the good girls mean
But I loved you best like that
Radio hymns and a dead-end road
Palm trees burning in the sun
I carried you like a holy load
Til I was the only one
You worship youth like a loaded gun
Pointed straight at my chest
I learned too late that I was just
Your favorite kind of mess
We were velvet static, sweet and loud
Breaking hearts in slow motion
You kissed me like a final vow
Then drove off with no devotion
I’m still dancing with your ghost somehow
In the dark where I learned to stay
We were beautiful, broken, bound
In a very American way
If loving you was a crime, I’d confess
Hands up, lipstick red
I’d do the time, I’d wear the dress
Lay roses on our wreck
Say my name like a cigarette
Slow burn, then gone
I’d lose myself in you again
Just to write this song
We were velvet static, heaven-sent
Fading out on the line
You took my youth, I gave consent
Thought your ruin was mine
Now I’m stronger in the quiet sound
Of the girl you couldn’t break
We were beautiful, broken, bound
But I survived the wave
Neon flickers, I let you go
Love shouldn’t feel like war
I’m still soft, but I’m not yours
Not yours anymore