Tango Regret — FlowTiva

Intro

Curtains draw a thin gold line across this wooden floor
Lipstick on my coffee cup, a heel beside the door
The room still sways in little steps we swore we'd never try
The kettle hisses low, like a bandoneon sigh

Verse 1

My phone is lit with ten missed calls
A stain of wine on my black walls
Your jacket draped across my chair
Two tango beats still in the air
I said I'd quit at glass eleven
Then kissed the rim and called it heaven

Pre-Chorus

Now morning taps a metronome (tap)
Each step I take admits a crime
If love's a dance I cut in wrong
And crossed the floor on borrowed time

Chorus

I can't undrink last night, can't scrape the glitter off
Can't unspin that room where we both laughed and coughed
We tangoed with the guilt, we dipped past every sign
I woke up with your taste and someone else's wine
I CAN'T UNSAY WHAT I SAID IN THE DARK
The floorboards keep the beat in my heart
Oh, shame's a castanet I clap against my chest (yeah)
And every click reminds me what I broke the best

Verse 2

There's glitter ground into my palms
A taxi stub, a nameless psalm
Your hairpin sleeping by the sink
My mouth is dry with something pink
The mirror pulls a crooked face
It smells like lime and cheap embrace

Pre-Chorus

The band last night still bites my heel
My shadow tries to lead, I reel
If I could count us back to one
I'd change the cue, I'd turn and run

Chorus

I can't undrink last night, can't scrape the glitter off
Can't unspin that room where we both laughed and coughed
We tangoed with the guilt, we dipped past every sign
I woke up with your taste and someone else's wine
I CAN'T UNSAY WHAT I SAID IN THE DARK
The floorboards keep the beat in my heart
Oh, shame's a castanet I clap against my chest (yeah)
And every click reminds me what I broke the best

Bridge

I practice sorrow slow, heel-toe, alone (hush)
I trace your name in steam, then let it go
If morning is a judge, I plead a plea
Forgive the part of me that danced too free

Outro

I sweep the floor in tiny eights (alright)
I hang your jacket by the light
When violins begin tonight
I'll sit one out and get it right