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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