I trace your name on foggy barroom glass Another empty bottle, another hour passed Sun comes up, I don’t know what day it is Just smoke and silence where your laughter used to live I wear your absence like a second skin Every streetlight stabs me with the things I didn’t say I laugh at myself, what a pathetic thing Still breathing your name when I’m choking on the pain I know I broke us, I know I threw it all away But I can’t stop this heart from calling out your name Don’t forgive me, let me rot in this hell I deserve every scar, every lie I ever told I’m drowning in whiskey, pretending I’m fine But every night I die a little more inside Don’t forgive me… no, don’t you dare forgive me I see you in every face that passes by Laughing like you used to, with someone else’s eyes I told myself I’d get better, yeah, what a fucking joke I’m still the same coward hiding in cigarette smoke Friends stopped calling, they say I’m already gone Just a ghost in my own skin, singing this same old song I keep your picture folded in my pocket like a curse Proof that I had heaven… and I made it into dirt I know I don’t deserve the mercy in your eyes Still I’m begging the dark for one more hopeless night Don’t forgive me, , let me rot in this hell I deserve every scar, every lie I ever told I’m a walking disaster, a joke of a man Killing myself slowly with these trembling hands Don’t forgive me… God, please don’t forgive me [Bridge – Half-spoken] If you ever hear this, know I’m not asking you to stay I just needed you to know how much I threw away I hope you’re happy, I hope the sun still feels warm While I’m down here learning how to live without you… and I’m failing [Final Chorus] Don’t forgive me, even if you want to Keep that knife in my chest, I’ll wear it like a tattoo I’ll stay right here in this bottle, this ruin, this shame Still whispering your name like a prayer no one will save Don’t forgive me… Don’t forgive me… I’ll never forgive me… So why should you?
