Verse 1, Quiet, Smoky Blues]
Bar lights flicker, shadows bend
Another long night that won’t ever end
You lean on the counter, whiskey glass in your hand
Wonderin’ how the hell you lost what you had
The smoke parts and you see her face
Like a ghost cuttin’ through the haze
Every smile, another knife in your chest
Every laugh, another wound not like the rest.
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[Pre-Chorus, Rising Riff]
You reach for the fire, reach for the flame
Try to drown the hurt but it don’t wash away
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[Chorus, Heavy Blues Riff, Drum Slam]
Before she fades away
Before she slips through the gray
You’d burn this bar down,
Beg the night to stay
Every word you swallowed,
Every price you pay
But the pain — you can’t smoke it,
Drink it, or fuck it away
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[Verse 2, Slow Burn]
That dress you bought her long ago
Still cuts the room when she starts to flow
Satin shadows swirling round the floor
You swear you’ve seen this ghost before
The tonic in her fingers, the cross she bears
Every step she takes leaves you stripped bare
The air turns colder when she walks in the room
You’re drowning in perfume and impending doom
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[Chorus, Heavier, Dirty Slide]
Before she fades away
Before she slips through the gray
You’d burn this bar down,
Beg the night to stay
Every scar still bleeds,
Every prayer’s in vain
But the pain — you can’t smoke it,
Drink it, or fuck it away
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[Bridge, Stripped Groove, Growl]
Stumbling through the streetlight rain
Every step just spells her name
Every stranger stares clean through
But they don’t know what’s left of you
You’re haunted, broken, night and day
And the ghost won’t let you pray
It’s a curse that keeps on sayin’
You can’t drink it, smoke it,
Wish it, fuck it away
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[Verse 3, Tidal Crash]
Now the dawn breaks like a warning sign
Your bloodshot eyes see the wreck of time
Her laughter’s still a blade in your chest
Cutting deeper than all the rest.
[Final Chorus, Dirty Slide + Drum Smash]
Before she fades away
Before she slips through the gray
You’d burn this whole town down,
Beg the night to stay
Every memory breaks,
Every word’s decay
But the pain — you can’t smoke it,
Drink it, or fuck it away
[Outro, Repeated, Dirty Blues Rock Riff, Feedback Fade]
Before she fades away
Before she fades away
Before she fades away
Before she fades away
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