[Verse 1]
Your voice sounded thin when you answered the phone
Like a stranger was occupying your bones
You used to have color, you used to have drive
Now you’re just doing whatever it takes to feel alive
Met a few names at a late-night spot
Chasing a high that you thought you forgot
Now you’re sitting in kitchens with people who stare
Bleached-out eyes and smoke in the air
They pour you a glass and they tell you you're fine
While they slowly erase every boundary and line
I watched you go quiet, I watched you recede
Becoming the shadow they wanted and need.
[Chorus]
And you’re fading away in a room full of noise
Trading your soul for their temporary joys
They only love you when your eyes go wide
Leaving the real you stranded inside
I’m watching the collapse from a couple steps back
As the girl that I knew slowly fades into black.
[Verse 2]
I found your old jacket left on my floor
From back when we didn't have locks on the door
Now I’ve got to watch you just wither away
Believing the scripts that they want you to say
Your skin’s getting pale and your weight’s dropping down
You’re losing your grip in the middle of town
They’ll take all your money, they’ll take all your youth
Then feed you another lie to cover the truth
You’re shaking at midnight, you’re calling me late
But you always hang up when they open the gate
It’s a slow-motion crash that I can’t even stop
Watching you fall from the very top.
[Bridge]
They only see a body they can use for the night
They only want to keep you where you can't see the light
And you're running out of money, you're running out of time
You're running from the person that you left behind
I can see the cracks in the ceiling, I can feel the weight of the floor
I can hear the vultures scratching right outside of your door
They’re whispering your name, they’re telling you to stay
And I’m standing on the tracks watching you get carried away
[Chorus]
And you’re fading away in a room full of noise
Trading your soul for their temporary joys
They only love you when your eyes go wide
Leaving the real you stranded inside
I’m watching the collapse from a couple steps back
As the girl that I knew slowly fades into black
[Outro]
I watch the shadow of the person you became,
And it hurts to know you barely even sound the same.
The distance grows until there’s nothing left to say,
I’m just a friend who watches you slip further away.
Arkh
