Dust on the Bible in the motel drawer
I called your name but you don't live here anymore
Ashes on the dashboard, lipstick smeared like war
Took the backroads just to feel something pure
You left your boots by the bed
Ghosts in my head
Whispers through the cornfield
Of every word I never said
I kissed the preacher's son behind the steeple
Tasted sin in the shape of something legal
Drove your truck into the bay
Still hear your voice when I pray
And I'm gonna regret this forever
The way your hands held mine like tethered leather
Baptized in the rain, like we knew better
But we danced in the fire like it wouldn't burn ever
I'm gonna regret this forever
I swore I'd stay, then left in bad weather
Now your name is a storm in my letters
And I can't outrun the guilt, not ever
Crucifix on my neck turns green with time
Your shotgun wedding ring still fits mine
Cicadas scream in the pines
The devil's in the rearview, but he's always kind
I carved our names in the chapel wood
Right before I ran, just like I knew I would
Mama always said I was born to destroy
Even God won't answer a broken girl's noise
Black veil blowing in the August wind
Thought love would save me, it never did
I buried the truth behind your grave
Now all I got left is the mess I made
And I'm gonna regret this forever
Like a hymn I can't forget, no matter the weather
Thunder in my chest, lightning in your letter
This was never meant to end, but I cut the tether
I'm gonna regret this forever
A name on my tongue that I won't remember
But your ghost in my lungs gets heavier, heavier
Every time I try to breathe you out, never
Lay me down where the flood came through
Call my name if you're dying too
But don't wait up at the edge of town
'Cause I'm the storm now
I'm the tempest now
I'm the tempest
