backstreet diner keeps humming like a broken sign
I wear your shadow in the checkout line
Coffee getting colder on the dashboard light
I tell myself I am alright tonight
I don't chase the thunder anymore
I let it roll outside my door
But every little echo of your name
Turns the quiet into flame
Neon aftertaste, still burning on my tongue
I learned to smile while coming undone
If the night gets heavy, I will make it move
Dancing with a scar I never had to prove
I sold my doubts for a one-way view
Left my old fear in a motel room
Every red light looked like a warning sign
Still I crossed it with your ghost beside mine
No perfect ending, no golden road
Just two tired hands and a lighter load
I lost the map but found the nerve
To ask the sky for what I deserve
Neon aftertaste, still burning on my tongue
I learned to smile while coming undone
I am not the wreckage, I am what survived
A little more human, a little more alive
Neon Aftertaste, fading out in blue
I let the night let go of you
