Tin roof & ashes

Lyrics

[Verse 1] Smoke stains still hanging where the front porch stood, Black dirt on my boots where your promises could. Blue car sitting silent with the windows blown out, Every crack in that glass still remembers your mouth. Rain tapping Morse code on this old tin roof, Guess the storm knows something about losing the truth. You left that little puppy at the end of the drive, Some things don't deserve to be left behind. [Pre-Chorus] Everybody's got a version when the story gets told, But they never count the hands that were holding the load. I kept building while the fire climbed higher... Some hearts chase gasoline just to call it desire. [Chorus] You lit the match... I watched my whole world fade, Standing in the smoke of the choices that you made. Now it's me and these memories rusting in the rain, Trying to sweep tomorrow from yesterday's pain. I gave you love, I gave you hope, I gave more than my name, Still I'd do it all again... and that's the hardest shame. Now this old tin roof sings louder than your lies... And ashes don't forget whose hands held the fire. [Verse 2] I ain't innocent, I got blood beneath these nails, Lost my temper more than once, left my own set of trails. I'll carry every wrong thing I ever said or did, But I never wished your world would fall the way mine did. Funny how forever turned into another town, Another set of headlights when the sun went down. I was patching holes while you were burning through the walls, Sometimes love ain't enough when respect never calls. [Pre-Chorus] Some people mistake forgiveness for weakness inside, But mercy ain't surrender when you've swallowed your pride. I'm done chasing ghosts through a house that's gone... Sometimes letting go is the strongest moving on. [Chorus] You lit the match... I watched my whole world fade, Standing in the smoke of the choices that you made. Now it's me and these memories rusting in the rain, Trying to sweep tomorrow from yesterday's pain. I gave you love, I gave you hope, I gave more than my name, Still I'd do it all again... and that's the hardest shame. Now this old tin roof sings louder than your lies... And ashes don't forget whose hands held the fire. [Bridge] One day these scars'll just be lines beneath my skin, Not reminders of the places that I've been. I won't carry your mistakes another mile, I'll leave 'em with the smoke disappearing in the sky. If you ever think about the road we couldn't save, Remember... love don't die. Respect does first. [Final Chorus] You lit the match... but you couldn't kill my soul, Fire burns a house, not the man who learns to grow. Now the sunrise hits different through these broken panes, Healing ain't forgetting... it's surviving all the flames. I gave you everything until there was nothing left, Now I'm building something stronger from the wreck. This old tin roof still echoes every goodbye... But I'm the one still standing... underneath this Oklahoma sky. [Outro] The rain finally stopped... Funny thing about ashes... If you keep walking... They quit sticking to your boots. 🖤