[Verse 1]
Private jet
Runway dust in his teeth
Smiles wide
While they wipe all the seats
Cameras blink
Then conveniently sleep
Is he dead?
Or just buried so deep
Palm trees
On that bought little shore
You fly in
Like you’ve done this before
Glass clink
While the papers get burned
One more
Lesson that we never learn
[Chorus]
It’s been a while
But the silence still screams
Names in the dark
That we only see in dreams
You say he fell
But the story feels staged
Cut the power
Lock the door
Someone walked away
[Verse 2]
Gold pen
Signing secrets in code
Black car
Takes the evidence home
Big smile
On the face of the host
Handshake
With the ghosts on the posts
You built
Every tower in town
You own
Every judge in a gown
He talked
Then his heartbeat was sold
You shrugged
Said the story got old
[Chorus]
It’s been a while
But the silence still screams
Names in the dark
That we only see in dreams
You say he fell
But the story feels staged
Cut the power
Lock the door
Someone walked away
[Bridge]
How many girls
Did you trade for a favor?
How many flights
Never touched the paper?
Every rich friend
Acting like a stranger
Every last lie
Wrapped up as “danger”
[Chorus]
It’s been a while
But the silence still screams
Names in the dark
That we only see in dreams
You say he fell
But the story feels staged
Cut the power
Lock the door
Someone walked away
[Outro]
It’s been a while
But I won’t look away
Write those names
In the sky
Till they’re forced to say