[Verse 1]
Coolly putting stamps on graves
names lined up like unpaid debts
I read each stone like a failed exam
all the questions I never addressed
Got ghosts that remember my posture
how I laughed when I should’ve broke
how I shrugged off shaking hands
when the room was filling with smoke
Now they ride in the rearview mirrors
chin on my shoulder at red lights
ask me, "You proud of the monster?"
while I stare straight ahead, too tight
Yeah, I walk past the wilted flowers
like I'm checking a box, not a heart
I was raised to outrun the thunder
then found out the storm’s in the dark
[Chorus]
I feel it in the air tonight
every grudge I tried to bury still fights
all these ghosts I keep inviting inside
sit me down in my own dread
I feel it in the air tonight
all the words I never spoke take flight
every step I take through terror feels right
when I’m marching with the dead
[Verse 2]
I talk to the stones like they’re listening
pour out blame like cheap wine
say, "You made me cold, you made me cruel"
they stay quiet every time
Truth is, I forged my own shackles
polished that iron till it shined
wore my damage like a diamond chain
said, "I’m fine, I’m fine, I’m fine"
I was busy being bitter, not better
sharp tongue, soft spine, hard eyes
every promise I tossed in the gutter
grew teeth and came back in disguise
Now fear ain’t a wall, it’s a hallway
I stride through the shaking floor
if the past wants a piece of my pulse
it can meet me at the door (come on)
[Chorus]
I feel it in the air tonight
every grudge I tried to bury still fights
all these ghosts I keep inviting inside
sit me down in my own dread
I feel it in the air tonight
all the lies I told myself turn bright
every step I take through terror feels right
when I’m marching with the dead
[Bridge]
Cool hands, hot rage (yeah)
ink smears on the page
every stamp another cage
but I walk through it
Cool breath, locked jaw
I’ve been guilty of it all
still I answer when they call
and I talk through it (talk through it)
[Chorus]
I feel it in the air tonight
every grudge I tried to bury still fights
all these ghosts I keep inviting inside
sit me down in my own dread
I feel it in the air tonight
if redemption ever comes, it bites
so I stride through fear, through the shattered light
with these stamps on graves in my head