Red Dust On Your Ring

[Verse 1]

You left your coffee half-full

Lip print on the rim

Said

"I gotta go find something"

Never said from where within

Your suitcase was half-open

Shirt sleeve hanging out

You kissed me like a question

Turned the key and headed south

[Chorus]

Is this love or just a story

We keep telling so we don't feel alone

Am I your home or just a hallway

You keep walking till you find your own

You say you need some distance

But you circle like a worn-out string

I'm here in the kitchen

Staring at red dust on your ring

[Verse 2]

Your letters come on Tuesdays

Folded into thirds

You write around the center

But you never choose the words

You write around the center

But you never choose the words

You talk about the weather

The motel by the tracks

I read between the silence

Every line that you hold back

[Chorus]

Is this love or just a story

We keep telling so we don't feel alone

Am I your home or just a hallway

You keep walking till you find your own

You say you need some distance

But you circle like a worn-out string

I'm here in the kitchen

Staring at red dust on your ring

[Bridge]

If I packed my own small suitcase

Showed up at your door (hey)

Would you pull me in the doorway

Or stare down at the floor

Would you pull me in the doorway

Or stare down at the floor

Are you running from the hurting

Or from the way I say your name

Tell me who you're really leaving

Me or just the shame

[Chorus]

Is this love or just a story

We keep telling so we don't feel alone

Am I your home or just a hallway

You keep walking till you find your own

You say you need some distance

But you circle like a worn-out string

I'm here in the kitchen

Whispering red dust

Red dust on your ring