[Intro]

I could probably never admit this to anyone else but you

But back in like 2001

I wanted to kill you

[Verse]

I turnt up when I heard the crash

But in the next few frames that followed

I turnt all the way down like slow motion

Like time and space got swallowed

And I believe every moment is meaningful, even if just for a second

And every second counts when you watch the clock from inside of the wreckage

Two in the mornin', I was outside your buildin' in the back of a taxi

And over on the corner next to the record store, we saw an accident happen

Of course it stole my focus

Cold as the wind, I'm frozen, motionless

I don't remember if I showed emotion

Just autotune and sing those notes

Was almost twenty years ago, long time ago

Sometimes I try to block it out my mind, but then decide to show

Those glimpses of violence on the insides of my eyelids

I still hear it in my head, I can see it, still can't describe it

See the cab driver fumble with his flip phone, tryin' to hit 911

You know the cops are gonna come

Like what the fuck? The one time I've ever carried a gun

This ain't even my gun, what the hell did you put in this flask?

Who the fuck do you think that you are with your scary ass?

Wishin' that you could bury it in the trash

Smash that four-door Ford sedan into an F-150

Bright red blood in the fresh white snow and my breath got sticky

I was on the verge of cryin', but this ain't my time to work it out, no

I'm tryin' to find a way to help out, but I'm nervous that I don't know how to

And I'm sure I heard a voice come from the inside of the car

So I'm pullin' on the handle tryin' to pry the door ajar

Lookin' through the window, I don't see anybody movin'

The noise I heard was the radio, there's nothing there but music

It was no surprise when I recognized y'all drew a crowd 'round

And everybody so quiet, it felt like the song was stupid loud now

Kick, bass, and snare, I swear that to this day, when I close my eyes

I thank whomever can hear these tears, 'cause that's the night that one of us was supposed to die