Ashes in the Ashtray

Lyrics [slow tempo modern country rock ballad, americana style, male lead, female harmony in choruses, steel guitar swells, brushed drums, intimate emotional tone] [Verse 1] Neon buzzing on a motel sign, Room smells like whiskey, heartbreak, and time. You’re lying there, tracing the smoke, While I’m counting the words we never spoke. [Pre-Chorus] The night’s too quiet for the noise in my head, Every touch feels like something we left unsaid. [Chorus] Ashes in the ashtray, fire’s almost gone, We’ve been burning too fast, holding on too long. This love’s just embers, but we’re scared to let go, So we sit here in the glow of a dying show. [Verse 2 - Male Vocal] Your dress on the chair, my boots by the door, Both of us knowing we can’t be here no more. You smile like you’re breaking, I drink like I’m blind, Trying not to see what we’re leaving behind. [Pre-Chorus] The night’s too quiet for the noise in my head, Every touch feels like something we left unsaid. [Chorus] Ashes in the ashtray, fire’s almost gone, We’ve been burning too fast, holding on too long. This love’s just embers, but we’re scared to let go, So we sit here in the glow of a dying show. [Bridge] Maybe in another life we’d have found the spark, But in this one we’re just shadows in the dark. [Final Chorus] Ashes in the ashtray, fire’s almost gone, We’ve been burning too fast, holding on too long. This love’s just embers, but we’re scared to let go, So we sit here in the glow of a dying show.