Ash In My Teeth

[Verse 1]
I kept your note in my coat
Folding the corners slow
Mud on my boots by the door
Your name on the mirror glow
The house feels heavy tonight
Like it’s holding its breath
I hear your laugh in the pipes
Then it turns into wreck

[Pre-Chorus]
Tell me where you went
Tell me why it burns
I got a cracked old heart
And it never learns

[Chorus]
Ash in my teeth
Ash in my teeth
I keep your ghost close
I keep it on repeat
Ash in my teeth
Ash in my teeth
You left a black mark
That won’t let me sleep
(Ash in my teeth)

[Verse 2]
I drove the long way back
Headlights cutting the rain
Stopped at the empty lot
Watched it swallow my pain
Piano in the next room
Played like a broken tooth
I banged on the dashboard hard
Like it might bring me truth

[Pre-Chorus]
Tell me where you went
Tell me what you stole
I got your fingerprints
All over my soul

[Chorus]
Ash in my teeth
Ash in my teeth
I keep your ghost close
I keep it on repeat
Ash in my teeth
Ash in my teeth
You left a black mark
That won’t let me sleep
(Ash in my teeth)

[Bridge]
[Half-time, piano and bongos]
If I call your name out loud
Will the dark answer back?
If I bleed these words on the floor
Would you come through the crack?
I’m tired of standing here
With the door half-broke
I’m tired of loving hard
Then choking on the smoke

[Electric Guitar Solo]
[Dual guitar leads climb and trade lines]
[Drums crash wider, bass surges underneath]

[Final Chorus]
Ash in my teeth
Ash in my teeth
I keep your ghost close
I keep it on repeat
Ash in my teeth
Ash in my teeth
You left a black mark
That won’t let me sleep
Ash in my teeth
Ash in my teeth
I bite down harder
But it bites back at me
(Ash in my teeth)