Intro – lighter flick + rain on window] click… exhale [Verse 1 – low baritone, close-mic] Room smells like you and yesterday’s lies Filter between my lips where your kiss used to lie One drag for every promise you broke Ash on the floor like the words that you spoke [Pre-Chorus – soft harmonies] Burning slow, let the nicotine talk Time moves fast but the pain won’t walk [Chorus – cracked falsetto, huge reverb] Cigarettes after heartbreak taste like you Every cloud I breathe is a ghost of the truth I know I should quit, but I’m not that strong Cigarettes after heartbreak… help me hold on (Oh-oh-oh) Cigarettes after… [Verse 2 – rap-sung, deeper] Your number still glows when the screen lights up I let it ring out like a half-empty cup Window cracked open, rain mixing with smoke I’m writing your name till the filter’s a joke [Pre-Chorus] Lungs full of memories I can’t let go This fire’s the only warmth I know [Chorus – bigger, layered] Cigarettes after heartbreak taste like you Every cloud I breathe is a ghost of the truth I know I should quit, but I’m not that strong Cigarettes after heartbreak… help me hold on (Oh-oh-oh) Cigarettes after… [Post-Chorus – viral hook] Exhale… you’re still in the air Inhale… and you’re everywhere [Final Chorus – falsetto breaks a little] Cigarettes after heartbreak… last one, I swear But the pack’s never empty when you’re not there One more light, one more night alone Cigarettes after heartbreak… taste like home [Outro – lighter click + long exhale + rain fade] click… exhale… …still you.
