Luminous Voice

I'm standing in the kitchen,

staring at the floor

Listening to the sound of that slamming front door

The coffee's getting cold,

the sun is coming up

And I'm holding on for dear life to a half-empty cup

Your closet is empty,

took your bags and your shoes

Leaving me behind

with nothing left to lose.

And I'm watching the taillights fade into the gray

Wondering how we ever let it get this way

We built up a kingdom just to watch it burn down

Now I'm just a stranger in our own hometown

Yeah, the hardest part of a love that ends

Is learning how to live

as strangers again.

I drove past the diner

where we had our first date

The classic sign was flickering,

it felt a little late

I can still see us laughing in that corner booth seat

Before the bitter layout made our story complete

Now I'm checking my phone like a habit I hate

But the screen stays dark

and I'm locked out the gate.

Did you cry when you hit the highway line?

Or did you breathe a sigh of relief that you're fine?

Are you driving fast to outrun the regret,

Or have you already found it easy to forget?

And I'm watching the taillights

fade into the gray

Wondering how we ever let it get this way

We built up

a kingdom just to watch it burn down

Now I'm just a stranger in our own hometown

Yeah, the hardest part of a love that ends

Is learning how to live as strangers again.

Yeah, just strangers again...

Back to the very start where we began.

The taillights are gone.

And the morning rolls on. (ahhhh)