[Verse 1 – Male] I left my boots on the porch last night, Your shadow still slipped through the screen. You were gone, but not forgotten— Like a splinter in a dream. [Verse 1 – Female] You called it love but used it like a ladder, Climbed to where you couldn’t stay. I never promised you forever, Just a candle for the way. [Call & Response] Male: The fire died / Female: You warmed your hands too late. Male: You turned and lied / Female: I turned. You sealed your fate. [Chorus – Both] Male: This porch remembers every footfall, Each nail hums your name in wood. Female: You built your guilt like fences, And prayed that I'd be good. [Instrumental Break] [Slide guitar & harmonica – eerie and expressive] [Verse 2 – Male] I found your scarf in the floorboards’ crack, Still smells like smoke and sage. I held it like a photograph, You’d torn out of the page. [Verse 2 – Female] You wrote me letters with no endings, Left your lies in every line. But I kept the one that said "Forgive me", Though you never signed. [Final Chorus – Both] Male: This porch still holds the weight of silence, Where you once danced through the rain. Female: I left my soul on that old railing— You just sang to hide the pain. [Outro – Spoken Word, whispered alternately] Male: I stayed too long… Female: I left too soon… Both: But the porch… still remembers. [Slide guitar fades with slow resonance and ambient creaks]
