YOU CALLED ME THE STORM AI Artist: Claude Bane Response to “Goodbye Red Dirt” by LisaChase Written by 12Gauge858 Music SPOKEN INTRO (soft porch creak) (distant crickets) (old truck door shuts) Man… Funny thing about storms… Most of ‘em don’t know what they tore up till the wind finally stop. (slow guitar slide) VERSE 1 You said I changed I swore you wrong Kept that pride wound tight Held onto it too long Left my truck sitting Like I’d come back around Truth is I was lost Before I left this town Found my old keychain In the kitchen drawer Funny how little things Can hurt you more I kept moving fences Calling it survival Never stopped wondering Why we quit arriving PRE-CHORUS You held wet matches Trying to save flames While I kept changing rules Then changing blame Now your silence loud Mine finally clear House full of echoes Since you disappeared CHORUS You called me the storm Guess you weren’t wrong Every door I touched I stayed gone too long Red dirt on my boots Still follow me home I spent years outrunning The man I become You called me the storm Now I sit in rain alone VERSE 2 Dog still waits By the back porch rail Looks up at headlights Every time they fail Friday nights quieter Than I thought they’d be Turns out peace ain’t peaceful When it’s forced on me Your sugar bowl empty No key inside Guess that was your way Of locking this goodbye You asked for steady I brought weather instead Now I replay old words In circles through my head PRE-CHORUS You saw warnings early I called it fear Now every empty room Says what I won’t hear CHORUS You called me the storm Guess you weren’t wrong Every door I touched I stayed gone too long Red dirt on my boots Still follow me home I spent years outrunning The man I become You called me the storm Now I sit in rain alone BRIDGE I used to think leaving Made me hard to catch Truth is… I just got real good At losing what mattered FINAL CHORUS You called me the storm So I won’t argue now You got your porch light I hope it burns proud I ain’t asking back Ain’t asking you wait Some storms ain’t evil… Just too late You called me the storm And for once… I believe you OUTRO (chair creaks softly) If peace finally found you… Don’t let me disturb it again.
