“Outside Your Glass Door”(Response)

"Title: OUTSIDE YOUR GLASS DOOR" (Response to “Glass Door Promises” by Samantha) Written By 12Gauge858 (Spoken Intro — rain hitting windshield, truck idling, distant thunder, soft guitar harmonics) Mmmm... I gave you all of me... And somehow... That still wasn’t enough. So what changed now? After I sorta left... But somehow never really left at all... Funny thing about love... Your body can leave a place... But your heart keeps pulling routes back home. And here I am... Still standing outside your glass door... (background whispers) (glass doooors...) (Samantha...) (mmmm...) (glass doors...) [Lead Guitar Hook — catchy emotional riff / slide guitar] [Verse 1] Pulled this rig up down your street Killed the lights but stayed in the seat Saw that crack still in your porch light glow Like both of us never let go You say you changed, I say maybe me too Cause lonely makes a man face truth I left pieces hanging in this town Even when I swore I put them down Your name still lives in dashboard dust Old coffee stains and highway rust I sorta left but never moved on Just kept driving with you still on my mind (background) (Samantha...) (glass doors...) [Pre-Chorus] You say come close Don’t run again But scars got memories And mine still bend Cause every mile Pulled me right here Back to your shadow Back to my fear (background whispers) (glass doors...) (yeah...) (Samantha...) [Chorus] I’m outside your glass door Boots in the rain like before Wanting you and fearing pain Trying not to break us again (glass doooors...) (Samantha...) You say give us one more chance God knows I still want that dance Cause losing you still cuts me to my core But I’m still standing outside your glass door (Post Chorus) (Be here... be here...) I can see your shadow through the light (Be here... be here...) Just tell me if I should stay tonight (background) (glass doors...) (mmmm...) (Samantha...) [Hook Guitar Returns — bigger riff] [Verse 2] Your side of town still feels the same Every stop sign says your name I tried moving on mile by mile But grief rides shotgun all the while Your picture still rides in my cab Folded where I keep old maps Acted strong just outta pride While missing you every night I’d drive Heard your voice in old voicemails Some nights whiskey almost helped Truth is I wasn’t really gone Just hiding where the hurt felt less (background whispers) (Samantha...) (glass doooors...) [Pre-Chorus] I hear your words They hit me deep Some wounds heal slow Some never sleep If I knock tonight Will you let me in? Or are we standing here Where we’ve always been? (background) (yeah...) (glass doors...) [Chorus] I’m outside your glass door Boots in the rain like before Wanting you and fearing pain Trying not to break us again (glass doooors...) (Samantha...) You say give us one more chance God knows I still want that dance Cause losing you still cuts me to my core But I’m still standing outside your glass door [Bridge — guitars pull back, darker cello enters] If I come back Promise we talk No shutting down No long cold walks Cause home ain’t walls Home ain’t keys Home was always You and me And if this glass breaks one more time Promise we don’t leave love behind (background layered whispers) (Samantha...) (glass doors...) (come closer...) (mmmm...) [Guitar Solo — memorable hook riff with bends] [Final Chorus — full band lift] I’m outside your glass door Heart in my hands like before No more pride left in this fight No more running through the night You asked me please be here for you Truth is I want that too So if you’re still there And that porch light’s on Open that glass door... And let me come home [Outro — truck shuts off, footsteps on wet gravel] Mmmm... Guess I never left after all... (background fading) (Samantha...) (glass doooors...) (glass doors...) (mmmm...)