Tried to drown your ghost in the neon,
Barstool bruises, cheap whiskey’s cold kiss,
Every joke from a stranger’s a weapon,
Every laugh’s just another thing I miss.
They want me to flirt, to forget how you left,
But the memory’s sharp in my drink,
I dance with regret, my pockets are heavy,
The night’s got a snarl, and I’m starting to sink.
Friends push me out on the floor,
But my feet are nailed to the past,
I smile like a fracture, I talk like a mask,
No comfort in comfort, no peace that will last.
Your scent on my shirt, it burns like a dare,
I’m chasing a taste of your name,
This city keeps moving, I’m stuck in the glare,
Of a world that don’t care that I’m not the same.
Every hour after midnight bites,
Every shadow’s got your shape,
I’m laughing with teeth, I’m losing these fights,
Can’t outrun the mess we made.
This heartbreak don’t close at two,
It just slips out the back with me,
Every hour after midnight bites,
There’s no cure in company.
Broken mirror, bruised reflection,
Stall door closes on the man I used to be,
Graffiti wisdom, scrawled rejection,
“Don’t trust anyone who can’t bleed.”
I stumble through rain on a city of wounds,
Your goodbye howls in my chest,
If someone new calls you baby tonight,
Guess I’ll blame it on fate or bad luck or the rest.
The street is a sermon,
The night’s a confession I’ll never give,
Every old promise, every new lesson,
Just teaches me how not to live.
Every hour after midnight bites,
Every shadow’s got your shape,
I’m laughing with teeth, I’m losing these fights,
Can’t outrun the mess we made.
This heartbreak don’t close at two,
It just slips out the back with me,
Every hour after midnight bites,
There’s no cure in company.
No fade out. No sweet wrap-up. Just the scrape of keys in the lock, and a hunger for a voice that won’t call.