[Verse 1]
You were my shadow in the backyard
Grass stains
Scraped knees
Same scars
Shared hoodies
Inside jokes
Two kids talking like old souls
Then the nights got longer than the days
Pills on the counter
You drifted away
You said
"I’m fine
Just let me sleep"
But your hands shook like broken teeth
[Chorus]
I can’t pull you out
From the fire in your veins
You’re a stranger in my house
Screaming under glass and chains
You’re here
But you’re gone
And I’m fading with you
Too
I’d bleed
I’d beg
I’d burn
If I could take the needle between us from you
[Verse 2]
You stare through me at the TV glow
Laugh at things from years ago
Then you vanish in the bathroom sink
Come back shaking
Too tired to think
I hide your stash
You find a new one
We trade sleep for another doomed run
Mom won’t say your name at all
Dad punches holes in every wall
[Chorus]
I can’t pull you out
From the fire in your veins
You’re a stranger in my house
Screaming under glass and chains
You’re here
But you’re gone
And I’m fading with you
Too
I’d bleed
I’d beg
I’d burn
If I could take the needle between us from you
[Bridge]
Do you remember midnight cereal?
Your cracked crown
My plastic sword?
Now I’m reading side effects
On bottles piled on the floor
How do I fight what’s in your head?
How do I hold you through the dread?
You say
"I’m tired
Just let me go"
I scream
"I’ll stay
" but you don’t know (you don’t know)
[Chorus]
I can’t pull you out
From the fire in your veins
You’re a stranger in my house
Screaming under glass and chains
You’re here
But you’re gone
And I’m fading with you
Too
I’d bleed
I’d beg
I’d burn
If I could take the needle between us from you
[Outro]
If you ever find the light
I’ll be waiting at the door
Same old hoodie in my hands
Like we were before