salt tears

[Verse 1]
I cried in the shower so the pipes could hold it
You left your hoodie like a ghost in my closet
I told all my friends that I’m better without you
But I still check your stories when I’m supposed to sleep through

[Pre-Chorus]
And I say I’m fine, I’m fine, I’m fine
While my throat tastes like chlorine and cheap white wine
I’m acting like it’s nothing, but my hands won’t stop shaking
Every time your name lights up my screen, I’m breaking

[Chorus]
These are salt tears, not holy water
Washing out the love like it was never meant to matter
I’m a mess in the mirror, saying “You’ll be fine tomorrow”
But tonight I’m just a girl with salt tears
Salt tears

[Verse 2]
Your new girl’s in my city, I saw her in the background
Of a post you didn’t tag, just to keep me out of it, I’m bound
To overthink the pixels, zoom in on her eyeliner
Wondering if she knows the way you say my name when you’re tired

[Pre-Chorus]
And I say I’m over it, over it, over it
But I keep your voice notes like some fucked-up habit
I’m laughing in the group chat, then I’m crying in the hallway
Practicing the lines I’ll never say anyway

[Chorus]
These are salt tears, not holy water
Washing out the love like it was never meant to matter
I’m a mess in the mirror, saying “You’ll be fine tomorrow”
But tonight I’m just a girl with salt tears
Salt tears

[Bridge]
Maybe in a year I’ll look back and laugh
At how I turned your silence into some kind of epitaph
Maybe I’ll stop checking if you’re online at 2 AM
Maybe I’ll stop writing songs that sound like pleas to you again

But right now it’s just me and the faucet running
Counting all the ways I’m still the one who’s stuck on loving
A version of you that doesn’t exist anymore
Drowning in the ocean of a one-bedroom floor

[Breakdown / Pre-Chorus Variant]
And I say I’m fine, I’m fine, I’m fine
While my chest feels like it’s filled with gasoline and kerosene lines
I’m one spark from a fire, one text from a relapse
One “hey” from turning all my progress into a setback

[Final Chorus]
These are salt tears, not holy water
But I’m begging them to cleanse me, make me someone else’s daughter
I’m a mess in the mirror, screaming “You’ll be fine tomorrow”
But tonight I’m just a girl with salt tears
Salt tears

[Outro]
Let them fall, let them fall
’Til there’s nothing left to drown in at all
Just salt tears
Just salt tears

female vocal, dark pop, rock, alternative indie, rock-pop, guitar, piano, bass, drums, electric guitar, melancholy, desperate