[Verse 1] Left the club with your name in my mouth Moon on the hood, but I looked straight south Red on the dash, like a bruise in bloom I heard that laugh in the passenger tomb Window cracked, cold air on my skin Your last text burned where the night had been I said, “I’m fine,” but my hands said lies Then the road turned sharp and the world went white [Pre-Chorus] Now I see it in flashes Headlights in pieces Your hand on my sleeve Then nothing but faces Now I see it in flashes Glass in slow motion I keep asking time For one small correction [Chorus] Don’t let me go back Don’t let me go back I was already gone I was already gone Don’t let me go back Don’t let me go back Your name on my tongue Like a mouthful of stone [Verse 2] They pulled me out where the weeds were tall One shoe in the ditch, one shoe in the fall And I kept saying your name, like a prayer gone wrong Like I could call you back with a broken song Every siren bent like a silver line Every blink brought back another crime Your ring on the seat, your scarf in the door I can’t touch that night and not see more [Pre-Chorus] Now I see it in flashes The bend, the impact Your shadow in red Then black all around it Now I see it in flashes I choke on the memory If I close my eyes It still comes for me [Chorus] Don’t let me go back Don’t let me go back I was already gone I was already gone Don’t let me go back Don’t let me go back Your name on my tongue Like a mouthful of stone [Bridge] If I could trade this pulse For one breath you kept I’d give every tomorrow For the night I forget But the road keeps singing In a voice I know And I wear that impact Like a second shadow [Final Chorus] Don’t let me go back Don’t let me go back I was already gone I was already gone Don’t let me go back Don’t let me go back Your name on my tongue Like a mouthful of stone Don’t let me go back Don’t let me go back I still see your face In the bend of the road
