[Verse 1]

He left in the quiet like a coward at dawn

No fight, no goodbye, just the echo withdrawn

His boots on the gravel, a trail I can't trace

And the fuckin' ghost of him carved into space

(Still here)

I kept the porch light burning like a prayer gone stale

Wrote his name in the fog on the windowpane rail

But the wind didn't answer, the stars didn't speak

And I cursed every second I stayed this weak

(Too long)

[Verse 2]

I sleep on the edge where his shadow once lay

Folded the sheets but they still disobey

The scent of his leaving, the shape of his doubt

I whisper "fuck you", when the lights flicker out

(Still burning)

I talk to the ceiling like it might reply

Trace lies on my skin just to feel him nearby

I wear his silence like a dress made of glass

And bleed every time I remember our past

(Every time)

[Pre-Chorus]

I drink to forget how his voice used to sound

Then scream at the walls when it still comes around

I drive past the bar where he kissed me too rough

Where I swore to myself that his love was enough

(Why do I)

[Chorus]

Salt on my lips from the tears I let fall

He's gone like a thief who took nothing at all

I drown in the stillness, I ache in the light

Of loving some bastard who left overnight

I gave him my fire, he gave me his fault

Now all that I taste is salt

(Just salt)

[Verse 3]

I wrote him in smoke on the back of my hand

Erased it in whiskey I couldn't withstand

Grief is a poet that rhymes without grace

And I wear his absence like shame on my face

(Still there)

I burned every letter but kept the ash

Like proof he existed, like proof we could crash

I buried my softness beneath every scar

And cursed every mile he drove in that car

(Too far)

[Pre-Chorus]

I scream in the car with the windows rolled tight

Play every song that he ruined that night

I'm not some girl he can ghost and forget

I'm the storm he'll regret, I'm the voice in his head

(He'll hear me)

[Chorus]

Salt on my lips from the tears I let fall

He's gone like a thief who took nothing at all

I drown in the stillness, I ache in the light

Of loving too hard and getting shut down outright

I gave him my soul, he gave me his fault

Now all that I taste is salt

(Just salt)

[Bridge]

No letter, no closure, no key to the door

Just fuckin' regret and the want for more

I'd burn every photo, but I'd still see his face

In the cracks of my mirror, in the goddamn space

[Breakdown]

I scream in my sleep, I lie when I pray

I beg for a version of him that would stay

But he's gone like a secret I never confessed

And I'm stuck with the ache he left in my chest

(Still bleeding)

[Chorus]

Salt on my lips from the tears I let fall

He's gone like a thief who took nothing at all

I drown in the stillness, I ache in the light

Of loving a ghost who won't make it right

I gave him my name, he gave me his fault

Now all that I taste is salt

(Just salt)

(Just salt)