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.

pop trap with light country cadence, mellow, melodic, moody R&B/ alt pop, male vocals