Ashes That Burned

[Verse] Tears fallin' down on the courthouse steps My ring's off, feelin' the weight of regrets Should've seen the signs, now we're just a past tense Love's a ghost in the home where we once danced [Verse] Pain's parked right in our empty drive Silence speaks in the place of goodbyes Echoes of 'I do' now just whispers in the wind Promises we made, broken, can't amend [Pre Chorus] The chapters closed on the story we spun From a burning bright 'forever' to a setting sun Too young to settle, too old to blame We lost our way in love's wild game [Chorus] Ain't the first to cry beneath the willow's shade A paper signed, another memory fades Love packed its bags, left us stranded in the rain Now I'm sipping whiskey to numb the pain A house full of echoes, a ring that's been returned Fires we stoked are just ashes that burned [Verse] The walls whisper secrets of the love that we knew Now I'm just counting the cost of what we couldn't make do The mirror reflects a man come undone Haunted by the absence of our little ones [Verse] The walls whisper secrets of the love that we knew Now I'm just counting the cost of what we couldn't make do The mirror reflects a man come undone Haunted by the absence of our little ones [Pre Chorus] The chapters closed on the story we spun From a burning bright 'forever' to a setting sun Too young to settle, too old to blame We lost our way in love's wild game [Chorus] Ain't the first to cry beneath the willow's shade A paper signed, another memory fades Love packed its bags, left us stranded in the rain Now I'm sipping whiskey to numb the pain A house full of echoes, a ring that's been returned Fires we stoked are just ashes that burned [Bridge] With every step out that door, our future unwinds I'm left holding the pieces of better times Sure we said 'no regrets', but that seems just like a lie [Chorus] Ain't the first to cry beneath the willow's shade A paper signed, another memory fades Love packed its bags, left us stranded in the rain Now I'm sipping whiskey to numb the pain A house full of echoes, a ring that's been returned Fires we stoked are just ashes that burned [outro]