[Intro — Distorted Voice]
Don’t go back there…
Don’t go back there…
That place still got your name in the smoke…
⸻
[Verse 1]
2AM and the dashboard glowin’
Bottle half gone and the rain still pourin’
Hands on the wheel but my mind keep driftin’
Back to the pit where the pain start livin’
I swore I changed, I swore I healed
But scars still cut when the nights get real
Everybody see smiles in the daylight hours
Don’t see me break in the shower
Got anger sittin’ in the passenger seat
Tellin’ me, “Crash out, give the devil what he needs”
Another shot burn like gasoline veins
Whole damn soul got trapped in flames
I been one bad night from losin’ control
One blackout away from diggin’ that hole
Tryna stay clean from the thoughts I feed
But rage grow teeth when the heart still bleeds
⸻
[Pre-Chorus]
And I know that road too well
Cold motel hearts and a private hell
Every drink got my past inside
And it whispers, “Come back tonight…”
⸻
[Chorus]
I DON’T WANNA GO BACK TO THE BLACK
Back to the nights where my soul collapse
Back to the rage and the pills and Jack
Back to the ghost I barely outlast
I still hear that dark place callin’
Every time I feel myself fallin’
Bottle in my hand, walls all cracked
Fightin’ every day not to go back
⸻
[Verse 2]
I got demons that know my name
Know my habits, know my pain
Know exactly what to say
When I’m drunk and wide awake
They say, “You ain’t built for peace
You were made for the war beneath”
So I scream at God through a cloud of smoke
While my lungs and liver slowly choke
Punch holes through the drywall skin
Bleed rage just to feel again
Friends all worried but I lie instead
“Yeah bro, I’m good,” while the light turn red
Every mirror got a stranger starin’
Bloodshot eyes and a soul that’s wearin’
Thin from the nights of self-destruction
Tryna outrun my corruption
⸻
[Bridge — Screamed / Distorted]
I HATE THE MAN I BECOME AT NIGHT
WHEN THE ALCOHOL TURN PAIN TO LIFE
WHEN THE MEMORIES WON’T SIT STILL
AND THE DARK START CLIMBIN’ THE HILLS
I KNOW THAT PIT
I KNOW THAT FEELIN’
WHEN YOUR OWN DAMN MIND TURN EVIL
WHEN YOU WANNA BURN EVERYTHING YOU LOVE
JUST TO FEEL SOMETHIN’ ENOUGH
⸻
[Breakdown]
Glass on the floor
Fists on the sink
One more drink
One more drink
Heartbeat violent
Head gone numb
Tellin’ myself
“Don’t become what you come from…”
⸻
[Final Chorus]
I DON’T WANNA GO BACK TO THE BLACK
Back to the scars and the panic attacks
Back to the monster dressed in my past
Back to the nights I thought wouldn’t last
I still hear that dark place callin’
Every time my whole world fallin’
Bottle in my hand, soul off track
Fightin’ like hell not to go back
⸻
[Outro — Soft / Broken]
Rain still falls on the highway lines…
And the devil still waits where the dark road winds…
But I’m still here…
Still swingin’…
Still fightin’ the black inside…