Velvet Drive

You said my name like a secret
In the backseat fog, midnight rain
Your perfume stuck to my jacket
Like it wanted to stay in pain

You traced the Moon on the window
Whispered things you’d never say again

And I still see you on that velvet drive
Lights fading out, like you from my life
Kissing slow, like we had no time
You left, but your ghost said goodbye

Cigarettes lit in your silence
Smoke curled like your hair in sleep
Your voice still haunts my voicemail
Like a movie I can't delete

I remember the song you hated
Now it’s all I ever play

And I still see you on that velvet drive
Your hand in mine, just a phantom lie
Breathing you in like my last July
You left, but your ghost said goodbye

The city sleeps but I'm wide awake
Still chasing you through the static and haze
I keep you alive in the songs I fake
But you’re just a dream I can’t remake