After the Last Drink

Neon fading on the corner when I pull my coat tight

My final round still burning while the city whispers night

I walk home with the shadow keeping pace beside my shoes

Every step along the sidewalk plays the part I didn′t choose

I keep turning every moment like a record in my mind

Searching for the line I missed, the place love fell behind

One final round and I'm alone in the blue street glow

Replaying every broken word I never let you know

I gave it all I had, but it slipped too far away

Now the night keeps asking why I couldn't make you stay

Love slipped away too far

And I feel it in my chest

A slow fade in the dark

Where we once were at our best

Half lit windows, empty benches, and the hum of coming dawn

I hear you laugh inside the silence even after you are gone

All the promises we made now sway like smoke above the bar

And I can't tell if I'm the wound or if you are who you are

Yes, I could trace it back, I'd slow the night and change the tide

Oh, the part of us that vanished before it drifted wide

But the truth is in the distance

In the spaces left behind

I'm just walking, still remembering

With your echo on my mind

One final round and I'm alone in the blue street glow

Returning every broken one I never let you know

I gave you all I had, but it slipped too far away

Now the night keeps asking why

I couldn't make you stay

Love slipped away too far

And I feel it in my chest

A slow fade in the dark

Where we once were

Had our best

I'm walking home alone

While the city dims away

Learning how to live before we could kneel and say