you made me hate this city

Lyrics

Verse 1
Every streetlight looks like your cigarette glow
Every backroad leads somewhere we used to go
Now the bar downtown still plays our songs
And everybody asks me where you’ve gone

I can’t get coffee without hearing your name
Can’t drive past your house without feeling insane
This town got your fingerprints all over it
And I’m so sick of pretending I’m over it

Pre-Chorus
You turned my favorite places into crime scenes
Now every memory cuts too deep

Chorus
You made me hate this city
Every corner smells like whiskey and regret
You made it hard to breathe here
Like your ghost is hanging off my silhouette

Now the skyline feels cruel at midnight
Neon burns like your taillights leaving
Everybody says, “just move on”
But they don’t know what you did to me

You made me hate this city

Verse 2
There’s lipstick stains and smoke inside my car
Tiny reminders of who you really are
Your jacket’s still buried under my bed
Like I’m scared of finally letting go instead

I see your friends and they all look away
Guess they know how you left me in flames
Funny how you still haunt this town
Without even being around

Pre-Chorus
You ruined every little thing I loved
Now nowhere feels enough

Chorus
You made me hate this city
Every corner smells like whiskey and regret
You made it hard to breathe here
Like your ghost is hanging off my silhouette

Now the skyline feels cruel at midnight
Neon burns like your taillights leaving
Everybody says, “just move on”
But they don’t know what you did to me

You made me hate this city

Bridge
So I paint my lips, go out too late
Try to dance you out my brain
But every song and every street
Still drags me back to your memory

Maybe the problem ain’t this town
Maybe it’s you I can’t shut out

Final Chorus
You made me hate this city
Now every night feels cold and empty
Your shadow’s everywhere I turn
And I’m still trying not to let it wreck me

Someday I’ll leave and never look back
But tonight your memory hits different
This town used to feel like home

Then you happened…
And you made me hate this city

(this city…)