Candle in the Cellar

Old clock ticks

Dust on the frame

Cross on the wall

Crooked with blame

You said the shadows

Were only in my head

But they crawl up the stairs

And they lean on my bed

I light a candle in the cellar

For every secret that you sold

Smoke writes your name along the ceiling

Then turns to stone

Then turns to cold

I hear your laughter in the hallway

Like chains that never let me go

Candle in the cellar

Burning where the lost ones go

Cold tea cup

Lipstick stain

You left your jacket

Kept your pain

I talk to your photo

Till the glass feels warm

Then the eyes look back

Like an oncoming storm (ohhh)

I light a candle in the cellar

For every secret that you sold

Smoke writes your name along the ceiling

Then turns to stone

Then turns to cold

I hear your laughter in the hallway

Like chains that never let me go

Candle in the cellar

Burning where the lost ones go

[Guitar wail

Drums half-time]

If I blow it out

Do you disappear?

Or do you climb the stairs

And whisper in my ear?

If I let it burn

Right down to the wick

Will you finally fade

Or make me sick? (yeah)

I light a candle in the cellar

For every secret that you sold

Smoke writes your name along the ceiling

Then turns to stone

Then turns to cold

I hear your laughter in the hallway

Like chains that never let me go

Candle in the cellar

Candle where the lost ones go