CD Player Heartache

I burned our songs onto a silver light

Talked your name between the cracks of night

Old messages still glow on my phone

Like tiny ghosts that won't let go

I heard you laughing and skipping track

Felt the hold and leaned me back

Every word we never got to say

Stayed in the static and slipped away

I keep moving, even when it hurts

Even with the ackee in my shirt

Fragile heartbreak, fragile scar

I learned I can still go on this far

The Mercedes, let the smoke rise, then

Some love ends where the silence begins

I keep moving, though I miss you still

The crowd and the dark against my will

The imposter's in view, see in the frame

Unread apologies, old refrains

I chase the dust on the windowsill

And try to teach my hands to be still

But the night keeps changing shape around me

Soft as a bruise I can't yet see

I don't forget, I just bleed through

The part of me that belonged to you

I keep moving, even when it hurts

Even with your echo in my shirt

First real heartbreak, first real scar

And I can still go on this far

Burn the CDs, let the smoke rest in

Some nothing's where the silence begins

Keep moving, though I miss you still

Across the dark, against my will

If I could find those missing lines

I've fallen gently back in time

But every broken signal taught me this

You can lose a love and still exist

I keep moving even when it hurts

Even with your echo in my shirt

First real heartbreak, first real scar

Oh, and I can still go on this far

When the CD's let the smoke rest

In some ovens where the silence begins

I keep moving and I'll make it through

With an open mind and a life that's new