Burnin' In Reverse

(Track 3)

Key: B minor
Tempo: 76 BPM – slow, simmering, echo-heavy production
Vibe: Haunting blues soul with lo-fi textures and a heart that won’t quit

[Verse 1]

Bm – G – Em – F#
The fire’s still warm, but your touch is gone
Like a love note fading in a closing song
We lit it bright, now it cools so slow
Ashes fall in the shape of what we used to know

Bm – G – Em – F#
You don’t fight, you don’t feel, you don’t say a word
But I hear goodbye in the things I heard
Like a flame you forgot to feed
Now I’m burnin’ back where I used to bleed

[Chorus]

G – D – Bm – A
I’m burnin’ in reverse, babe—fire backin’ down
Smoke where love was loud, silence all around
You froze the heat and turned the pain rehearsed
Now I’m fallin’ slow and burnin’ in reverse

G – D – Bm – A
I reach for you, but it’s ice I find
You left your warmth in another time
This ain’t rage, it ain’t a curse
It’s heartbreak cool… burnin’ in reverse

[Verse 2]

Bm – G – Em – F#
I trace your footsteps in a memory fog
Talk to shadows like I’m walkin’ a dog
The love still lives but it won’t respond
Like a ghost that won’t admit it’s gone

Bm – G – Em – F#
I don’t beg, I don’t plead, but I still ache
For the heat we had before the break
Now I hold on to the part that hurts
And drift alone… burnin’ in reverse

[Chorus]

G – D – Bm – A
I’m burnin’ in reverse, babe—coolin’ down too slow
Where the flame once danced, now it barely glows
It ain’t your fault, but it still feels worse
To love someone who’s burnin’ in reverse

[Bridge – Falsetto or whisper style]

Em – F#m – G – A
You didn’t leave with rage or storm
You just cooled the fire we kept so warm
And now I fade like a second verse…
Still burnin’… burnin’ in reverse…

[Final Chorus – Stripped down, emotional]

G – D – Bm – A
I’m burnin’ in reverse, babe—gone without a flame
The slowest pain, the quietest shame
No final fight, no final burst
Just you walkin’ off…
While I’m burnin’ in reverse

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Writer: Songsmith