Don’t Remember Leaving

Verse 1 Engines idle, windows down Smiles sharp as license plates They know your name, they know your town Ask real nice about your day Chorus Just routine, just a chat Nothing strange about that Sign right here, don’t be tense Memory is a small expense Verse 2 Flash a badge, then hide it fast Say the park was never real Ask about the thing you saw Ask how certain you can feel Outro You don’t remember leaving Verse 3 Trunk pops open, nothing there Just a blanket, just a light Radio hums a dead channel Cuts out halfway through the night They say someone called it in But no one left a trace Every camera faced away Every face forgot your face Bridge (drop instruments down, half-time feel) If it had eyes, what color were they? If it breathed, did it know your name? They write it down, then scratch it out Say that detail’s not allowed You start to doubt the words you use Start to doubt the shoes you wore They nod like this has happened To a thousand times before Chorus (final, fuller instrumentation) Just routine, just a chat Nothing strange about that Shake our hands, go on home You were always alone Instrumental Outro (2–3 minutes, slow burn) (Repeating bassline, slightly detuned Clean guitar arpeggio with heavy reverb Distant radio chatter fading in and out Drums drop out halfway, leaving only pulse and noise) (Spoken / whispered line near the end (optional)) You don’t remember calling us. Outro (your original line, isolated) You don’t remember leaving.