Requiem

(Verse 1)

In the hushed gray light of this hollow room

You weave your silence like a weaver’s loom

The doctor in the chair sees the ghost you’ve drawn

But I’m the one waiting for a frozen dawn.

You’re miles away in a house so near

Building an exit out of every fear

While I hold the anchor in the rising tide

Watching the space where you used to hide.

(Chorus)

I’m just a hotel for your transit heart

A place to rest before you drift apart.

You crowd my hallways, then you call it small

While I’m the one leaning 'gainst the closing wall.

I see the blueprints, I see the design

You’re drafting a life that no longer is mine.

(Verse 2)

Three houses down, where I seek my peace

You’ve planted your seeds for a cold release.

You promised me silence, but you stole the air

Leaving your footprints in my sanctuary there.

Now you sleep in the quiet of a broken vow

While the weight of the "almost" is crushing me now.

(Bridge)

Eleven days of a scripted play

Under a sun that feels a thousand miles away.

You’re counting the hours til the curtain can fall

While I’m just the shadow on your bedroom wall.

(Outro)

The cello fades to a single breath...

The check-out is written in the silence you left.

I’m finally waking from the doting lie.

Build your bridges.

Watch them fly.