Killing time

Verse 1

We were driving with the windows down at midnight

City lights flickering across your face

You said nothing lasts, but it felt like forever

In the silence we couldn’t replace

Pre-Chorus

Every second slipping through our hands

Like we knew but didn’t understand

Chorus

We were killing time like old cigarettes were killing me

Burning through the nights so carelessly

Every breath we took was bittersweet

Going nowhere fast, just you and me

Yeah, we were killing time like old cigarettes were killing me

Ashes falling where we used to be

Now there’s nothing left but memory

And the smoke of what we couldn’t keep

Verse 2

Your jacket still hangs on the back of my chair

Like you’re coming home but never do

I still hear your voice in the static of silence

Like a song I can’t undo

Pre-Chorus

We played with fire just to feel the heat

Now I’m dancing with the empty streets

Chorus

We were killing time like old cigarettes were killing me

Burning through the nights so carelessly

Every breath we took was bittersweet

Going nowhere fast, just you and me

Yeah, we were killing time like old cigarettes were killing me

Ashes falling where we used to be

Now there’s nothing left but memory

And the smoke of what we couldn’t keep

Bridge

Maybe we were just a passing flame

Too bright to last, too wild to tame

Now I’m left with echoes of your name

And a heart that never feels the same

Final Chorus

We were killing time like old cigarettes were killing me

But time kept killing you and me

All the moments lost in between

What we were and what we’d be

Yeah, we were killing time like old cigarettes were killing me

Now I’m breathing in what used to be

Just a shadow of your gravity

And the smoke is all that’s left of me