[Verse 1]
I soaked our vows in lemon light
Scrubbed the ache from every thread
Hung my heart on the line outside
Where silence stitched the things you said
Your fingerprints were stitched in deep
But bleach can be a kind of grace
I watched the colors start to weep
'Til I could stand the empty space
[Pre-Chorus]
I folded hope into the rinse
Spun the grief until it thinned
You never knew how much it takes
To wash away what love has been
[Chorus]
So I hung my love out to dry
Let the sun burn off the why
Every tear, every thread
Every word we never said
I wrung the ghost from the seams
'Til it stopped haunting my dreams
You left your dirt, but I
Hung my love out to dry
(Let it go, clean now, clean now)
[Verse 2]
The scent of you was hard to shake
Clung like smoke to cotton skin
I aired it out for my own sake
Not to let you back again
I stitched new verses in the hem
With needles made of quiet rage
And every line I wrote condemned
The love I locked inside that cage
[Pre-Chorus]
I pressed the silence into shape
Ironed out the last escape
You never asked what I became
When I was cleaning off your name
[Chorus]
So I hung my love out to dry
Let the sun burn off the why
Every tear, every thread
Every word we never said
I wrung the ghost from the seams
'Til it stopped haunting my dreams
You left your dirt, but I
Hung my love out to dry
(No stains left, never again)
[Bridge]
Now it flutters in the breeze
Like something holy, finally free
No more mildew memories
No more you inside of me
I let the rhythm break the chain
Let the fabric feel the strain
Every beat a reckoning
Every hit a cleansing rain
[Chorus]
So I hung my love out to dry
Let the sky watch me untie
Every knot, every scar
Every wish on dying stars
I wrung the ghost from the seams
'Til it stopped haunting my dreams
You left your dirt, but I
Hung my love out to dry
(Dry it out, washed away, clean now)
[Outro]
Dry it out, washed away, clean now
Dry it out, washed away, clean now