Unraveled in Red

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Unraveled in Red

JoeS · 3:51

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[Verse 1] He came in late with a traveler's grin, Wrote down my name on a napkin thin. Said he’d been chasing some kind of truth— But I knew the type. I knew the youth. He read my books, he watched me sleep, Then left before the roots ran deep. [Verse 2] He liked to paint me in borrowed lines, Called it love, but it smelled like time. I poured him wine, I held his head— But never said what should’ve been said. He spoke of colors, blues and grey— But missed the red I wore each day. [Chorus] I’m not tangled—I’m torn and bled, Thread by thread, unraveled in red. He kept the verses, left the frame— But I was never part of his flame. [Verse 3] He mailed a song from some hotel, Said it was mine—I knew it well. But he changed the towns, the names, the end— Just enough to not pretend. I heard the rhyme, I knew the hue— But baby, that was never you. [Chorus] I’m not tangled—I cut that thread, Burned the letters, dyed the bed. He walked in rhythm, I walked out— And took my silence for a shout. [Bridge] I was the moment he couldn't write— Too sharp for day, too full for night. He kept the shape, but lost the skin— And never asked me what I’d been. [Final Verse] So if you hum that tune again, Remember—I was not pretend. I was the fire beneath the blue— And I remember more than you. [Final Chorus] I’m not tangled—I’m stitched in red, The line he missed, the thing unsaid. He left the thread. I wove the dress. And walked away with nothing less. [Harmonica Outro – slow, smoky, fading like memory in heat]

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Album
No More Shadows
Künstler
JoeS
Reihenfolge
11 von 13
Laufzeit
3:51