Ex's In Texas

[Verse 1] We were holdin’ on by a thread in the red light Losin’ our minds in the touch and the bedside You had your ghosts and I had my dead nights Still we kept kissin’ like wrong could feel so right You in my veins like a shot in the midnight Me in your arms like a sin you could never hide We made a home out of hurt and a sex life Dancin’ in slow motion, dyin’ in the blue light ⸻ [Pre-Chorus] You said, “Stay,” with your hands on my skin Then went cold as the dark rolled in I said, “Wait,” like that word could save us But love like ours only breaks and betrays us ⸻ [Chorus] We can’t stand to be exes in Texas Too much heat in the sheets, too much us in the exit You’re still all in my head, still all on my necklace Still all over my body like a bad confession We can’t stand to be exes in Texas Every room, every drink, every song gets obsessive You’re the high and the hurt, the curse and the heaven We can’t kill this flame, we just choke on the tension ⸻ [Verse 2] I wore your love like a bruise and a black dress Soft to the eye, but it held all the madness You touched my mouth like a prayer in a casket Sweet on the surface, but underneath, ravaged I kept you close like a knife to my bare chest Fed you my soul while you fed me your sadness We had that kind of love you don’t outlive The kind that leaves lipstick on ghosts and on cracked ribs ⸻ [Pre-Chorus] You said, “Stay,” while you drifted away I felt you fade, but I begged you to stay We made a ritual out of regret Now I still taste you on every cigarette ⸻ [Chorus] We can’t stand to be exes in Texas Too much heat in the sheets, too much us in the exit You’re still all in my head, still all on my necklace Still all over my body like a bad confession We can’t stand to be exes in Texas Every room, every drink, every song gets obsessive You’re the high and the hurt, the curse and the heaven We can’t kill this flame, we just choke on the tension ⸻ [Bridge] Half of me wants you forever Half of me knows you’re a weapon Half of me still hears you whisper “Baby, don’t make this the ending” But your love hits like a sedative Warm on my lips, then it ruins me We were too deep to be delicate Too gone to leave without scars on me ⸻ [Breakdown / Breathier] You in the mirror Me in the doorway Both of us naked Neither one honest You with your demons Me with my damage Both of us starving Callin’ it romance ⸻ [Final Chorus] We can’t stand to be exes in Texas Too much heat in the sheets, too much us in the exit You’re still under my skin, still under my sentence Still the ache in my throat every time I’m defenseless We can’t stand to be exes in Texas Too much lust, too much loss, too much love left unfinished You’re the wound I revisit, the habit I live with We can’t stand to be exes in Texas No, we can’t stand to be exes in Texas Here’s an even more minimal, ultra-hooky chorus option you could swap in if you want it to feel more mainstream and addictive: [Alt Chorus] We can’t stand to be exes in Texas Too much smoke in the room, too much heat in the bedspread You still live in my mind, still live in my message We don’t know how to end it, we just make it more desperate We can’t stand to be exes in Texas You’re the bruise that I press, the name I obsess with It was bad, it was beautiful, cold and electric We can’t stand to be exes in Texas