Red Lights on Evergreen

Verse 1 Red lights flicker on an evergreen, Half the bulbs already dead. Tree smells like damp earth and bad ideas, Dragged it home instead of bed. You laugh, say it’s ugly as hell, But you plug it in anyway. In a city that chews things up, We still decorate the pain. Pre-Chorus If perfect’s a myth we never learned, Then this fits us just fine. Chorus Red lights on an evergreen, Blinking like a warning sign. If love’s unstable, so are we— But damn, it’s still mine. Red lights on an evergreen, Crooked, glowing, standing tall. If we’re gonna fall apart someday, Tonight we don’t fall at all. Verse 2 We hang memories instead of ornaments, Names we don’t say out loud. Every year another empty chair, Still we set it out. You wrap the cord ‘round my wrist by mistake, Say, “Guess you’re stuck with me.” I don’t joke back—I just nod, Like maybe that’s the key. Bridge If tomorrow burns this all to ash, At least we built something real. Final Chorus Red lights on an evergreen, Shining through the cracks. We may never get it right, But we keep coming back. Outro Lights stay on ‘til morning comes— We made it through another one.