Saddle Storms - Reckoning

RECKONING | Saddle Storms | Before the Storm Album

She's been quiet for two weeks. Don't mistake it for surrender.

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Reckoning is the warning shot on Before the Storm — the line she draws after she's already been burned once. Two weeks of silence isn't the same as being over it, and this one makes that very clear before anybody gets the wrong idea. Slow-burning tension building to a hook with real teeth in it. Original by Saddle Storms.

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Lyrics:

[Intro — 5 seconds, music only]

[Verse 1]

We sing what the heart won't let us speak

So I've been quiet damn near two whole weeks

Nothin' left in this chest to give away

Just static where the feelin' used to stay

[Pre-Chorus]

But don't mistake the silence for surrender

Don't mistake this calm for me bein' tender

There's a line in me you don't want to find

[Chorus]

I'm a reckoning, not a fair warning

I won't tell you twice before the morning

I've got nothing left in my heart tonight

But there's still enough left to make it right

Cross me once and you'll understand

I'm a reckoning, not a fair warning

[Verse 2]

I've carried more than my back can hold

Emptied everything, still doin' what I'm told

So when you come askin' for one more thing

Watch how quiet turns to thundering

[Pre-Chorus]

Don't mistake the silence for surrender

Don't mistake this calm for me bein' tender

There's a line in me you don't want to find

[Chorus]

I'm a reckoning, not a fair warning

I won't tell you twice before the morning

I've got nothing left in my heart tonight

But there's still enough left to make it right

Cross me once and you'll understand

I'm a reckoning, not a fair warning

[Bridge]

Empty don't mean easy

Tired don't mean weak

I've got nothin' in my heart right now

But I've still got teeth

[Final Chorus — a hair bigger, more bite in the vocal]

I'm a reckoning, not a fair warning

I won't tell you twice before the morning

Cross me once and you'll understand

I'm a reckoning, not a fair warning

Written by Saddle Storms: https://SaddleStorms.com

About Saddle Storms: Wyoming-born outlaw country, western storytelling, rodeo soul, heartbreak ballads, and Code of the West honesty from six generations of ranch life.

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