Eight Years on Fire

[Verse 1]
Coffee cup
Still on your side
Lipstick ring
From the old life
Eight years of photos
Facing the wall
Your sweater on my chair
Like it might call

[Pre-Chorus]
I used to know every shade of your silence
Now every quiet room feels violent

[Chorus]
Eight years on fire
Burned down in a night
All that I trusted
Turned out to be lies
You said forever
With your hand in mine
Eight years on fire
Ashes on the tiles

[Verse 2]
Password changed
Phone face down
Half-smile
Half-truth
You slipped out of town
I found the messages
Buried in your name
Every little “baby”
Spelled out my shame

[Pre-Chorus]
How many times did you kiss me
Deciding
To keep a secret flame still hiding

[Chorus]
Eight years on fire
Burned down in a night
All that I trusted
Turned out to be lies
You said forever
With your hand in mine
Eight years on fire
Ashes on the tiles

[Bridge]
Wedding dress boxed
In the back of the closet
I thought it meant promise
You treated it as option
I gave you my mornings
You gave me your maybe
You walked away clean
Left me here crazy (oh)

[Chorus]
Eight years on fire
Burned down in a night
All that I wanted
Thrown off to the side
You said forever
Looking in my eyes
Eight years on fire
Eight years
And you lied

[Outro]
I take off my ring
Set it down by the sink
It circles in porcelain
Like it’s trying to think
Was it ever real
Or a story you wrote
I’m standing in the ruins
Still tasting your smoke