Past the Levee

Cracked dash, dust on a faded dream,

Old Chevy hummin’ like it knows what I mean,

Gravel road crying under worn-out tires,

Got a heart full of smoke and a head full of fire.

You said goodbye by the rusted gate,

Sun droppin’ low, but it felt too late,

Radio buzzin’ some broken tune,

Man, even the sky looked split in two.

Every warning sign—just flashes in the dark,

Every mile away leaves another little mark,

Heard the thunder whisper, “Stay or go,”

But I drove right on, didn’t want you to know.

Past the levee, ghosts in the rearview,

Every memory flooding, can’t undo,

Both of us stranded at the edge of goodbye,

Crying out for morning with stars in our eyes.

I watched you go through the screen door haze,

Fingers still smellin’ like summer days,

Didn’t mean half of the things I said,

Now they’re just echoes stuck in my head.

Porch light flickers, night creeps in,

Crickets sing where we used to have been,

If I could rewind just a single night,

Maybe your taillights would turn back bright.

Chasing every shadow stretched along the yard,

Finding all the places we pressed our hearts,

Caught between forgiveness and regret,

You’re gone, but I’m not letting go yet.

Past the levee, ghosts in the rearview,

Every memory flooding, can’t undo,

Both of us stranded at the edge of goodbye,

Crying out for morning with stars in our eyes.

We built our shelter on shifting sand,

Watched it tumble, brick by trembling hand,

Now the river’s rising, right up to my door,

I’m learning to swim but missing you more.

Past the levee, ghosts in the rearview,

Every memory flooding, can’t undo,

Both of us stranded at the edge of goodbye,

Crying out for morning with stars in our eyes.Headlights fading past the levee line,

Waiting for the dawn to make peace with time.