NYZA ORIGINALS
Cigarette Ash on Your Collar
He finds the ash still there at 4am, running his thumb across the fabric of a jacket she borrowed months ago and never returned. He knows it isn't hers — the smell is different, sharper — and the weight of that knowledge keeps him awake, staring at the ceiling, replaying every late night she said she'd be home early.
Lyrics
Verse 1
Found your lipstick in the sink again
Red like a warning I should've seen
You wear the night like a second skin
And I'm just counting the hours in between
Chorus
Cigarette ash on your collar
Stories you don't tell me anymore
I'm holding onto something that's already gone
But I can't seem to let the light go out
Verse 2
Your phone glows in the dark
Texts you swipe away before I see
I'm not dumb, just tired of the silence
Of becoming someone you used to need
Chorus
Cigarette ash on your collar
Stories you don't tell me anymore
I'm holding onto something that's already gone
But I can't seem to let the light go out
Bridge
And maybe you're right
Maybe we died slow
Like embers that nobody's tending to
But I'm still here in the dark
Waiting for you to come home
Even though I know you never will
Outro
Cigarette ash, cigarette ash
On your collar, on your collar
Stories you don't tell me
Stories you don't tell me anymore