Country Sundown Crew - Back to the Heart We Left Behind

I was driving down that old red road
Dust rising like the memories I never told
Thought I left the pain somewhere far behind
But your voice kept echoing in my mind

I was sitting on the porch with the fading sun
Thinking ’bout the years and everything we’d done
Told myself I’d moved on, that I’d be fine
But your ghost kept dancing in the back of my mind

We tore our love apart like a worn-out map
Got tired of the fights, stopped finding the path
But even when I walked away with shaking hands
I kept your picture folded in my back pocket band

And I said things I wish I never said
Words sharper than glass, cutting deep instead
But the truth is simple and hard to hide
My heart never learned how to let you slide

Maybe time ain’t something we can rewind
But maybe love can heal what we left behind

I still remember how you’d hold me close
Under those cotton skies where the river flows
We swore forever wasn’t just a line
Oh baby, where did we leave that shine?

And I still replay the way your laughter felt
Warm as July rain on the old porch steps
I’ve been lonely driving through the day and night
Hoping to see your porch light shining bright

If you’re willing, I’m ready
To put the past down slow and steady
We can rebuild every broken part
If you’ll let me back into your heart

I’ve been waiting for a sign, something true
Didn’t know if time would ever bring me you
But standing here with tears in my eyes
I see that same old fire never really died

So take my hand, let’s leave the hurt behind
Let the night wind carry off what made us blind
’Cause the truth we lost is finally clear
I’m meant for you and you’re meant for me, my dear

Let’s walk this road together again
Not as strangers, but as lovers, as friends
We’ll stitch these hearts with gentler thread
Let forgiveness write the words we never said

Baby, I’ll stay this time, I swear it true
No more running from the love we knew

Hold me close and promise we’ll take our time
No more letting pride draw the line

We’re finding our way back, side by side
Through the storm, through the tears we’ve cried
Tonight we let the past unwind
As we walk back to the heart we left behind