Backseat Ashes

Lyrics

[Verse 1] We parked by the rail yard gate Your hands shook on the dash You said, “Don’t make me choose tonight” But the night was moving fast Six of us in the backseat And your laugh cut through the smoke You wore that borrowed black coat Like you knew the thing you stole [Pre-Chorus] Now the trainlight on your face Makes a ghost out of the glass You keep staring at the door Like it might bring something back [Chorus] Strangers in the night Strangers in the night We were running on a spark Burning holes in the dark Strangers in the night Strangers in the night Say my name, then let it go Let it go [Verse 2] Your brother called from the porch I heard boots on the floor I watched your jaw go hard Like you’d done this all before There was blood on the cuff From a busted bottle grin You said, “If I go home now I’m never leaving again” [Pre-Chorus] So I reached across the seat And you flinched, then held still The radio was dead But the air was loud and thin [Chorus] Strangers in the night Strangers in the night We were running on a spark Burning holes in the dark Strangers in the night Strangers in the night Say my name, then let it go Let it go [Bridge] And if the morning comes too hard We can leave the town behind Take the long way through the pines Till the past can’t find our tires Tell the truth in pieces Let it break, let it breathe I won’t ask for forever Just don’t disappear on me [Final Chorus] Strangers in the night Strangers in the night We were running on a spark Burning holes in the dark Strangers in the night Strangers in the night Say my name, then let it go Let it go [Outro] We were strangers in the night Till the dawn pulled us apart We were strangers in the night With a matchbook in the dark