[Verse 1]
Ash on my tongue
Iron in my lungs
Whispering a prayer
To whatever never comes
Bare feet on the tiles
House feels like a tomb
Every photo looks away
When I walk in the room (yeah)
Latin on the fridge
Matches in my hand
All my little secrets
Written in the sand
Blood-red barcode
Stamped on my faith
I scratched out the numbers
Left the rest to decay
[Chorus]
I burn the dark before it finds me
I light that shadow till it screams
If the night gonna come, let it try me
I’ve been dancing with the smoke in my dreams
I burn the dark, feel it twisting
Hear it crack in my teeth when I breathe
If the void wanna talk, let it listen
While I set every ghost in me free (set it free, set it free)
[Verse 2]
Concrete halo
Circles ‘round my head
Voices in the drywall
Fighting over what I said
Candle in the hallway
Dripping like a wound
Clock stuck midnight
Time won’t move
Black dress, bare hands
Charcoal on my lips
Name of every fear
Etched into my wrists (shhh)
If hell has a window
I’m fogging up the glass
Writing little love notes
That I never send back
[Chorus]
I burn the dark before it finds me
I light that shadow till it screams
If the night gonna come, let it try me
I’ve been dancing with the smoke in my dreams
I burn the dark, feel it twisting
Hear it crack in my teeth when I breathe
If the void wanna talk, let it listen
While I set every ghost in me free (set it free, set it free)
[Bridge]
Every nightmare’s just a hallway
Every hallway ends in flame
If the blackness wants a body
It can choke on my old name (yeah)
[Chorus]
I burn the dark before it finds me
I light that shadow till it screams
If the night gonna come, let it try me
I’ve been dancing with the smoke in my dreams
I burn the dark, feel it twisting
Hear it crack in my teeth when I breathe
If the void wanna talk, let it listen
While I set every ghost in me free (set it free)