That's my ninja

Flowers smoke through the cracked sunroof

Red moon hanging like a siren tooth

Your voice cracked on the line, wolves in the garden

I grabbed the keys, no questions asked

Don't let the flowers drink the rain tonight

Don't leave the windows cracked tonight

Some birds stop singing before they fly

Some stars burn out without goodbye

Hold my hand through the static light

Let the ocean keep what died tonight

Ashtray constellations, cigarette meteors

Cold coffee tears on the console lid

You hummed lullabies through gritted teeth

I drove silence, words the only speech

Palm trees swayed like witnesses

Motel ice machines rattled aluminum sins

We spoke in codes and silhouettes

You said some dogs don't come back once fed

I nodded, loaded the trunk instead

Black tie, moon high, bleach on the blue ride

Trapdoor back porch, footprints too light

Shh, hear the small heart trapped underneath

Don't let the flowers drink the rain tonight

Don't leave the hallway lights too bright

Some ghosts wear human skin outside

Some tears never reach the eyes

Hold my hand through the static light

You wore silence like a funeral veil

Mascara rivers, pink glitter on your sleeve

Short laugh like a chandelier dying

I killed the radio, kept on driving

You whispered some scarecrows deserve the crows

Tossed something gold where the dark water flowed

I didn't flinch, didn't ask why

Just kept my hand on yours 'til the sun rose high

Slow rain, cold wave, streetlights drowned by sunrise

The trunk smelled like pennies and seawater

We burned Polaroids beside the racks

Nobody cried, that's how real love talks

Years later, thunder still freezes my chest

Every quiet room feels one breath from wreck

But I'd do it again, same night, same road

Buried beneath your distant stare

Was a mother who watched her daughter springtime

Get locked in a closet while the house ignored the crying

I chose you then, I choose you still

Don't let the wolves back in tonight

Let the ocean swallow what survived

Hold my hand through the static light

I'll ride with you into the night