[Verse 1] (M) Thought you were my last long drive Boot prints on the dash Your hand in mine You packed your bags by the porch light glow Left your key on the hook Didn’t say “I know” (F) I watched your tailgate fade down that road Coffee on the counter gone cold So cold You slammed that door on our little house dream Now all that’s left is the echo and the screen [Chorus] (M) You broke me Like a bottle on a barroom floor Shards of me Swept up by the closing door (F) You tore right through Every promise that we swore we'd keep (Both) You broke me Yeah you broke me Now I’m too tired to even weep [Verse 2] (F) Your mama still calls Asks how you been I lie through my teeth with a shaky grin Your flannel’s hanging on the same old chair I swear some nights I feel you standing there (M) Your lipstick stain on my Sunday shirt Laughing in my head till the laughter hurts I drive past your work Then I keep on going ’Cause if I stop All this hurt starts showing [Chorus] (M) You broke me Like a match on a gasoline truth Flamed out fast Left ashes of our broken youth (F) You carved your name In the part of me I never let ’em see (Both) You broke me Yeah you broke me Now I don’t know who I’m supposed to be [Bridge] (F) Maybe one day this rust turns to shine (oh) I’ll stop tracing your name in the steam sometimes (M) Maybe one day I forgive what you did But tonight I’m just that scared little kid (Both) We both swung hard We both drew blood Stood there watching As it washed out in the mud [Chorus] (F) You broke me Like a wild horse finally brought down On my knees In the middle of this two-lane town (M) I broke you too Guess the truth cuts both ways clean (Both) You broke me And I broke you Now we’re strangers in the same old dream [Outro] (M) Tail lights fading on a gravel turn (F) Two hearts crashed we’ll never return (Both) You broke me Yeah I broke you But I still reach for you in my sleep

rock, Country rock duet with male + female vocals trading lines; jangly electric guitar and steady backbeat, warm bass, and organ pad in the verses. Choruses hit harder with stacked harmonies, a bright open hi-hat groove, and a soaring slide guitar answering the vocals. Energy starts mid-tempo and simmering, then swells into a gritty, cathartic final chorus with call-and-response ad-libs., country rock

You Broke Me