Smoke in an Unforgiving Wind

Smoke in an Unforgiving Wind

Hands shaking lighting up
breath freezing in the street
Last cigarette between my lips
a promise I refuse to meet, City blinking warnings
sirens screaming down the block, Ash falls slow
the world turns hard, ticking on the clock.

Smoke in an unforgiving wind, Burn it down
watch the wreckage spin
Every drag’s a lie I won’t defend
Smoke in an unforgiving wind.
Jacket’s got holes, pockets got lint
Stretch the filter thin, ’til every feeling’s spent
Cough out old stories with the air I used to know

Gripping the cheap heat before I let it go.
Smoke in an unforgiving wind, Burn it down
watch the wreckage spin
Every drag’s a lie I won’t defend
Smoke in an unforgiving wind.

When the ember dies and the world is still
All that’s left is the cold
and the space I can’t fill.
Smoke in an unforgiving wind, Burn it down
watch the wreckage spin
Every drag’s a lie I won’t defend
Smoke in an unforgiving wind.