Red Lights

What if every sorry hit rewind?
A thousand takes to get the lines just right
That night plays on my broken screen
Your tears in 4K, my tongue obscene

I should've choked those words to death
(Now they haunt my chest)
If hearts could talk through whiskey breath—
(Yours would scream you wrecked the rest)

I'd crash through every red light!
(Steal back what I destroyed)
Stumble less like words, more like joy!
(But the past ain't VHS to deploy)
Misunderstood with intentions good—
(Your shadow's my only truth)
Now I haunt your porchlight
(Like some ghost in work boots)

Apologies rust on my teeth
For couch nights and yard-dog grief
That stretched truth snapped like twine
Now your absence drills through mine

I should've choked those words to death
(Now they haunt my chest)
If hearts could talk through whiskey breath
(Yours would scream: You wrecked the rest)

I'd crash through every red light!
(Steal back what I destroyed)
Stumble less like words, more like joy!
(But the past ain't VHS to deploy)
Misunderstood with intentions good—
(Your shadow's my only truth)
Now I haunt your porchlight
(Like some ghost in work boots)

(Think about it) engines scream
(Think about it) streetlamps bleed
(Think about it) if I'd just
(Swerved instead of braked)

I'd crash through every red light!
(Steal back what I destroyed)
Stumble less like words, more like joy!
(But time don't give do-overs to boys)
Misunderstood with intentions good—
(Your name's my only prayer)
Now I haunt your porchlight
(In the clothes I swore you'd wear)