Sunburnt Quiet Ache

[Verse 1]

Took the long way past the county line

Rust on the fence

Paint on the sign

Skin gone leather from the July glare

You left a note

But you weren’t there

[Chorus]

It’s that sunburnt quiet ache

Peeling where the promise flaked

Every mile an empty frame

Of the life we never made

In this sunburnt quiet ache

I say your name

It doesn’t break

Just hangs in the heat like rain

That never came

[Verse 2]

Gas station coffee

Paper cup

Old man asks if we made up

I shake my head

Stare at my boots

Dust on the floor

Dust on the truth

[Chorus]

It’s that sunburnt quiet ache

Peeling where the promise flaked

Every mile an empty frame

Of the life we never made

In this sunburnt quiet ache

I say your name

It doesn’t break

Just hangs in the heat like rain

That never came

[Bridge]

You were all big plans

Big sky

I was small-town slow goodbye

Now the road hums low and plain

Carrying your ghost and my last name (oh)

[Chorus]

It’s that sunburnt quiet ache

Peeling where the promise flaked

Every mile an empty frame

Of the life we never made

In this sunburnt quiet ache

I say your name

It doesn’t break

Just hangs in the heat like rain

That never came