TITLE : Our memories VERSE 1 I sat on the curb till the buzzards grew idle, My father swore I was carved too much rebel, I watched every train pull in , each a false arrival, Every love I found had a sharper rival, I kept their faces thumb-tacked like a bargain idol, And I'm still chewing on the edges of that puzzle. PRE-CHORUS The rain on your coat still clings to my nose, Your name on my palate , I still taste it closed, The passenger door still holds your heat, The rearview still catches your silhouette in retreat, The rearview still holds what I can't delete. CHORUS But you vanished, And I remain, The calendar, Just eats the days, The echo, Of your stride, Is the only, Sound I ride. VERSE 2 I cut through the city with my brights off tonight, Knowing full well I'd never get the angles right, I took the scenic detour, kept you on my right, Told myself I'd release you , stalled on the decide, Pulled over, howled your name, then picked a fight, With a silhouette that never talks back, not tonight. PRE-CHORUS Your palm still imprints on my thigh, The clock still loses its spine, The hallway still waits for your knock, October still smells like your shock, October still bleeds through the lock. CHORUS But you vanished, And I remain, The calendar, Just eats the days, The echo, Of your stride, Is the only, Sound I ride. BRIDGE Your pupils still blaze, Through the rubble I crave, Your current runs down every vertebra, And I swear I'm held together, Together, Together, I'm porcelain held by weather. FINAL CHORUS But you vanished, And I persist, The hours, Just scrape and twist, The tremor, Of your gait, Is the only, Thing I fate. OUTRO And I cradle, And I cradle, And I cradle your residue, On a loop, On a loop, On a loop.
