[Intro]
Hands on my chest
Counting the cracks in my breath
You say
“Stay”
I fold like paper in the rain
[Verse 1]
Soft light on your collarbone
Coffee stains on your phone
You laugh
Then look away
Like you’re scared you might stay
I trace circles in your palm
Tiny storms under calm
Every tremor
Every flinch
Says you’re closer than an inch
[Pre-Chorus]
You’re talking like you’re leaving
But your pupils keep on reaching
Every word a loaded gun
Every heartbeat out of sync
Then—
[Chorus]
[full band slams in
Low vocal register]
You make the quiet loud
You drag the heavens down
I’m on my knees in a hallway
Shaking
Vessels of the quiet
Bleeding through the riot
Fragile when the floor starts breaking
You make the quiet loud
[Verse 2]
[drop back to soft
Whispered vocals]
You sit cross-legged on the floor
Lip split from the night before
Say you’re tired of the war
But you’re lacing up once more
I see sermons in your scars
Tiny burning paper stars
Every bruise
Every line
Spells a prayer that sounds like mine
[Pre-Chorus]
Your hands around my halo
Pull me into your tornado
You say
“I don’t wanna drown”
But you dive and drag me down
Then—
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
[guitars choke out; drums on tom groove
Building]
Tell me
Are we holy
Or just lonely with better excuses
Are we something sacred
Or two broken things that got used to the bruises
[whispered] Say my name like you mean it
Say my name like you mean it
[crescendo
Heavy drop
Screamed ad-libs under sung line]
I am not your savior
I am just your mirror
Showing you the chaos
You’ve been hiding from the river
[Chorus]
[Chorus]