[Intro – spoken/sung softly] Mm, yeah… You ever love somebody so deep, you forget who you were? Then they leave you like it never mattered… ⸻ [Verse 1 – melody smooth, slow drawl] (♪) I still hear your voice on them backroad nights, Whiskey talkin’, I’m losin’ my mind. You said forever, then you left that lie, Tail lights bleedin’ in the Carolina sky. (♪) Thought love was a flame, but it burned too deep, Now I’m smokin’ pain just to get some sleep. You the reason my heart don’t trust, Love’s a word I don’t believe that much. ⸻ [Hook – soulful, layered harmonies, open vocals] (♪) When I think of you, it’s a knife in my chest, Cuts a little deeper with every breath. Love ain’t allowed ‘round my heart no more, You froze the part that used to soar. (♪) And I pray I never meet somebody new, Colder than the cold I found in you. If I didn’t know better, I’d swear it’s a joke, How love can heal you, then leave you broke. ⸻ [Verse 2 – softer tone, emotional drift] (♪) Your perfume still hauntin’ my sheets, I swear I hear your steps in my sleep. You taught me love, then took it back, Now I’m ridin’ ‘round with a heart off track. (♪) Ain’t no light where your smile once shined, Just a ghost of what we left behind. Tell myself I’m better alone, But I still reach for that dial tone. ⸻ [Hook – repeat, more passion in delivery] (♪) When I think of you, it’s a knife in my chest, Cuts a little deeper with every breath. Love ain’t allowed ‘round my heart no more, You froze the part that used to soar. (♪) And I pray I never meet somebody new, Colder than the cold I found in you. If I didn’t know better, I’d swear it’s a joke, How love can heal you, then leave you broke. ⸻ [Bridge – falsetto / Brent-style run] (♪) Maybe one day I’ll feel again, But for now, I just pretend… That heartbreak don’t wear your name, But every tear still burns the same. ⸻ [Outro – soft, fading away] (♪) When I think of you, it’s like a ghost in the rain, Every drop whisperin’ my pain. Love ain’t welcome where it used to grow, You taught my heart to never show. And I pray I never meet somebody new, Colder than the cold I found in you… (fade with humming ad-lib “ooooh, colder than you… colder than you…”)
