Knives Cut Ties

A knife to the throat of a song never sung

Chords in my spine, but my fingers are numb

You called once—I let it ring,

Watched it die like everything

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Silence in the void where everybody's gone

My hands still bleed from holding on

I write to ghosts in a world I can’t touch

They scream in my rhythm, but it's never enough

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Nails in the floor where my shadow once danced

Wrote your name backwards just for the chance

Of catching a flicker, a tremble, a sign

But the lights in your windows are never mine

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A knife to the throat of a song never sung

I choke on the chorus, the damage is done

You called once—I let it ring,

The silence now wears my skin

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Silence in the void where everybody's gone

My hands still bleed from holding on

I write to ghosts in a world I can’t touch

They scream in my rhythm, but it's never enough

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Why did you wait—why did I hide—

Tethered to screams that rust inside

Pages turning / throat still burning

No one's learning / no returning

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The ink runs dry, I write in bone

And it loops—

The melody crawls back home

And it loops—

A phantom call I won’t take

And it loops—

Still bleeding songs I never make