Crosses

Verse 1 Same old New Mexico heat hugged me when it saw me Felt like I couldn’t breathe, but that’s just her, she never changes Desert air kissing like a warning on my lips She carved me with her sunlight, I’m still bleeding from it Pre-Chorus 1 And I swear it’s not you, it’s me But it’s not just me now, I won’t let it begin Chorus 1 Crosses on the highway, footprints in the sand You raised me with fire, but I’m breaking your hands You’ll always be the scars I wear on my skin But it’s not just me now, I won’t let it begin In the same old cycle, in the same dry land Goodbye, Las Cruces, you don’t own who I am Verse 2 You were the liquor in my veins when I was fifteen June and I stealing nights, running wild and unseen Every fight, every kiss, every road that I burned You taught me how to leave, but never how to return Pre-Chorus 2 And I swear it’s not you, it’s me But it’s not just me now, I won’t let it begin Chorus 2 Crosses on the highway, footprints in the sand You raised me with fire, but I’m breaking your hands You’ll always be the scars I wear on my skin But it’s not just me now, I won’t let it begin In the same old cycle, in the same dry land Goodbye, Las Cruces, you don’t own who I am Bridge I’ll tell her the stories, but I won’t chain her feet She’ll grow up in a garden that won’t dry out in the desert heat Your sun tried to burn me, but I turned it into song Now I’ve got a home where she belongs Final Chorus Crosses on the highway, footprints in the sand You raised me with fire, but I’m breaking your hands You’ll always be the ashes buried in me But I’m building a life where she runs free No more cycles, no more demands Goodbye, Las Cruces — I’m more than your land