[Verse 1]
I put my name in the ashtray
Let it burn slow, let it fade
Mama said, “Boy, keep your head up”
But the night got me wide awake
Same old room, same cracked mirror
New old scars on my face
I smile like I’m doing fine
Then I fold when I close that gate
Cold water on a hot face
Still I can’t wash this away
Your voice got a hole in my chest
And it echoes in the same old way
I been strong for the wrong ones
I been numb in the right ways
Now I sit with my hands still
While the hurt do what it came to do
[Pre-Chorus]
And I try to stand tall
But my knees keep talking back
I got prayers in my throat
And a storm in my tracks
If I call your name now
Will it break me in two?
I’m barely holding on
I’m just holding on to you
[Chorus]
Rain in my chest
Rain in my chest
I keep crying in silence (crying in silence)
Rain in my chest
Rain in my chest
Rain in my chest
You left a storm behind me (storm behind me)
Rain in my chest
[Verse 2]
My phone lit up with your old name
For a second, I forgot to breathe
Then the screen went cold again
Like it knew what you meant to me
I got clothes in a pile by the door
Got a week full of things I won’t wear
Every plan we made together
Turns to dust when I stare
I been cutting through these dark hours
Like a blade through soft skin
Act hard, move mean, stay quiet
But that grief still gets in
You were honey on a sharp tongue
You were calm in a house full of wreck
Now I’m walking with a limp heart
And the past on my neck
[Pre-Chorus]
And I try to stand tall
But my knees keep talking back
I got prayers in my throat
And a storm in my tracks
If I call your name now
Will it break me in two?
I’m barely holding on
I’m just holding on to you
[Chorus]
Rain in my chest
Rain in my chest
I keep crying in silence (crying in silence)
Rain in my chest
Rain in my chest
Rain in my chest
You left a storm behind me (storm behind me)
Rain in my chest
[Bridge]
If I could pull one memory
From the fire and make it stay
I’d keep the nights you loved me
And throw the rest away
But the hurt got a pulse now
And it lives where I used to be
So I sing to the ceiling
Till it lets me grieve
[Chorus]
Rain in my chest
Rain in my chest
I keep crying in silence (crying in silence)
Rain in my chest
Rain in my chest
Rain in my chest
You left a storm behind me (storm behind me)
Rain in my chest