[Intro] [Low, intimate female vocal] Porch light fading, midnight on the clock Your hand used to find mine, now I hear the lock I let the old song play, but I don't dance tonight Some loves burn like fire, then disappear from sight [Verse 1] Your keys are still resting beside the kitchen bowl That jacket on the chair feels like a piece of your soul I remember river nights and two-step neon glow Cold beer, muddy boots, and nowhere we had to go You'd pull me close and swear that I was safe in your arms I believed every promise, every kiss, every charm Then the sweetness turned bitter, the laughter turned cold I kept carrying memories you should have let go I scroll through old pictures, then finally see How much of myself I'd been losing just to keep your peace [Pre-Chorus] We had porch swings and Sunday mornings Backroad miles and midnight warnings I kept the good beside the pain Till love stopped feeling like love again [Chorus] We were fire in the dark, now I'm walking through the ash I loved you with my whole heart, but I can't keep living back You can keep your old excuses, keep the words you used to say I'm taking back my name tonight, I'm taking back my days I may miss the girl I was when you were holding me But I won't trade my freedom for the way you used to be You were once my home, but home shouldn't make me afraid So I'm turning up the music and I'm dancing through the change [Verse 2] Then your name showed up again beneath another post Watching every story like a shadow I can't close One view, then another, late at night, then after two Different pages, same old feeling every time I see you You check where I'm going, who's beside me, what I wear Like looking through a screen means you still have a place there I used to freeze whenever that little notice appeared Now I don't answer, I don't react, I don't feed the fear I changed every setting, shut every window tight Blocked every account that crossed that line at night No secret little doorway, no message getting through If you want my attention, baby, you're gonna get nothing from me [Pre-Chorus] I was your steady when you stumbled I was there when everything crumbled But a heart can only bend so far Before it learns to leave the dark [Chorus] We were fire in the dark, now I'm walking through the ash I loved you with my whole heart, but I can't keep living back You can keep your old excuses, keep the words you used to say I'm taking back my name tonight, I'm taking back my days I may miss the girl I was when you were holding me But I won't trade my freedom for the way you used to be You were once my home, but home shouldn't make me afraid So I'm turning up the music and I'm dancing through the change [Bridge] I don't owe you an answer I don't owe you a sign I don't owe you one second Of this life that's finally mine Don't mistake my silence For a door you can unlock Don't mistake my memories For permission to knock You can stare at a screen Till the sunrise turns blue But you don't get access To the woman I grew My boundary is a wall now And I'm standing on this side You had your chance to love me Now you don't get to decide [Final Chorus] We were fire in the dark, but the dark is not my home I survived the broken pieces, now I'm learning to stand alone No more reaching through the silence, no more begging you to stay No more carrying your anger like it belongs inside my name You were part of my story, but you don't write what comes next I'm choosing peace, I'm choosing life, I'm choosing what comes next So turn the porch light on, girl, let the whole night see The woman who walked out wounded is the woman who walks free I can breathe free now [Outro] I sway beneath the porch light, but this time I'm alone And somehow in the quiet, I'm finally coming home Your ghost can fade behind me, your chapter can close I loved you once, that's true, but now I love the woman I chose You can watch from a distance, but you can't cross my line My life is not your window My peace is finally mine
