Leave The Porch Light Dead

LEAVE THE PORCHLIGHT DEAD Static County Verse 1 You left your tire marks bleeding through the gravel road Took every promise we made and left me with the load Your picture’s facedown somewhere underneath the bed And that old yellow bulb don’t need to burn above your head You said forever like forever was a place Then packed your bags and left forever in my face Now every shadow in this house knows what you said So if you’re looking for a way back— Pre-Chorus Don’t follow the fence line Don’t listen for my name There ain’t a flame waiting At the end of this lane Chorus Leave the porchlight dead Don’t turn it on for me There ain’t nobody waiting Where we used to be Leave the porchlight dead Let the darkness tell the truth You burned this house down leaving Now there’s nothing left for you If you come crawling back Through the black we never said— Don’t light the way home Leave the porchlight dead Verse 2 There’s a screen door hanging crooked in the frame Wind still pushes through it like it’s calling out your name The bedroom walls remember every word we bled But memory ain’t a reason to resurrect the dead I used to watch the highway waiting on your lights Making excuses for you every goddamn night Now I sleep just fine knowing where the story ends No welcome mat, no second chance— Pre-Chorus Don’t follow the fence line Don’t listen for my name I buried every reason You’d ever come this way Chorus Leave the porchlight dead Don’t turn it on for me There ain’t nobody waiting Where we used to be Leave the porchlight dead Let the darkness tell the truth You burned this house down leaving Now there’s nothing left for you If you come crawling back Through the black we never said— Don’t light the way home Leave the porchlight dead Drop / Breakdown Kill the bulb. Cut the wire. Let the whole damn farmhouse disappear in fire. No white flag. No last call. Just a dead transmission And your name inside the walls. Bridge You always thought that light meant I would wait forever Like some part of me would keep us held together But hope’s just another thing I finally put to bed Some doors don’t need a warning— Some loves stay better dead Final Chorus Leave the porchlight dead Let the whole road disappear I spent too many nights Keeping ghosts from living here Leave the porchlight dead I don’t need you finding home You wanted life without me Now you get to walk alone And if that old road calls you Toward everything we had— Keep driving past the driveway Leave the porchlight dead Outro No light. No sign. No signal ahead. If you’re looking for me— Leave the porchlight dead.