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Gunpowder

by Dylan Rosewater

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The debut single released by Dylan Rosewater - an Irish musician based in Los Angeles.

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You said you don’t believe in fate,
but you check the horoscopes anyway.
I laughed, said “you’re such a cliché,”
then wrote your name inside my palm.
You talk in lowercase and half-truths,
I listen like it’s gospel youth.
You once said love’s a loaded thing
I guess I’m proof.

When they said your name too carelessly,
it burned a hole right through my teeth.

There’s gunpowder residue on my heartstrings,
every note a warning flare.
If the world ever turned on you,
I’d set it all on fire, I swear.
You’re the only thing that makes me calm
and the only thing I’d go to war for.

You always say you hate goodbyes,
but you love to start a fight.
I still have that photo booth strip,
your hand mid-air like you might stay.
I’ve memorized your nervous laugh,
it sounds like thunder underwater.
Every bruise you ever got,
I wished it found me harder.

I’m not proud of how it feels
this mercy that could kill.

There’s gunpowder residue on my heartstrings,
every note a warning flare.
If the world ever turned on you,
I’d set it all on fire, I swear.
You’re the only thing that makes me calm
and the only thing I’d go to war for.

They say devotion’s just a word,
but mine’s a loaded prayer.
If loving you’s a crime of nerve,
then call the sirens, I’ll be there.

When the smoke clears and the lights dim,
I’ll still be here - shaking,
smelling like fireworks,
and everything I never meant.

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released January 30, 2026
Dylan Rosewater

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Dylan Rosewater Los Angeles, California

Irish musician living in Los Angeles

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