[Verse 1] Old house in my rearview Dust on the driveway sign Every cracked little childhood window Still staring back in my mind I used to flinch at that mailbox Like it could shout my name Kept driving faster Harder Trying to outrun the blame [Chorus] I’m laying it down All of the weight I carried around Every goodbye Every word I swallowed alive I’m turning the key On every ghost that’s living in me It hurt It hurt But it’s over now And I’m at peace with the past somehow [Verse 2] Found that box in the attic Photos stuck edge to edge Your handwriting on the corner Names I’d tried to forget I thought the pictures might break me They didn’t bite like before Just two kids in a rented kitchen Who couldn’t hold any more [Chorus] [Bridge] I don’t forgive like a lightning strike It’s a slow Slow dawn Little by little the dark parts fade Till they’re just… gone So I’ll trace these scars with open hands Not hiding who I’ve been I can’t go back and change the start But I can be kind to the kid within [Chorus]
