Don't ask me if I'm okay

That porch light's still busted, like the promises we made

And your hoodie still hangs where I never could stay

That dog we found's buried out behind the shed

You said you'd never leave, but you sure learned how to forget

That summer snuck off with your perfume in the sheets

I still keep your letter in the Bible I don't read

Tried drinkin’ you gone with every fifth I could find

But I just end up meetin' your ghost every time

I remember everything — the fights, the songs, the rain

How you'd hum "Jolene" when you didn't wanna explain

How you looked in headlights when you left that night

Like you were leavin’ a war you never planned to fight

And I ain’t mad you’re gone, but I still feel the flame

So don’t ask if I’m okay — just let me miss you in my own way

I don’t talk to my brother since dad passed away

We all grieve in colors we don’t know how to say

Your mama still sends cards like we stayed close

Guess she don’t know that you became my ghost

I drive past that diner where we first said forever

And I still flinch when I see your brand of leather

You could’ve told me love don’t always come with grace

But we were young, and mercy’s hard to taste

I remember everything — the heat, the hurt, your name

How you'd touch my cheek just to calm my rage

How the silence grew teeth in that little house

And we both pretended not to figure it out

And I ain’t mad you’re gone, but I still feel the flame

So don’t ask if I’m okay — just let me miss you in my own way

I remember everything…

Even the things you swore I'd forget someday.