[Intro]
Palm prints
On the hospital glass
Cold coffee
Still warm in my hands
[low vocal register]
Every clock in this place
Ticks like a war drum
[Verse 1]
They wheel you down that hall
I count the tiles like days
Doctors speaking sideways
I just hear my name
Another white sheet folded
Like a flag I never raised
Same story
Different season
Same ending
Different face
[Pre-Chorus]
How many times
Can the ground be pulled out?
How many names
Can I still scream out loud?
[Chorus]
Grief comes back in waves
Tearing at the frame of me
Every time I think I'm safe
The world finds a way to bleed me
You keep taking what I can’t replace
’Til there’s nothing left that’s mine
Grief comes back in waves
And I drown
Every
Time
[Verse 2]
[low
R&B-inflected]
Family photos on the fridge
Smiles frozen mid-laugh
I trace the cracked glass
Where your eyes used to ask
"Will you be okay
If I fade out first?"
Now I talk to the doorway
Praying it answers back
[Pre-Chorus]
How many prayers
Can I throw at the dark?
How many pieces
’Til you’re done with my heart?
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
[whispered vocals]
Take my breath
Take my sleep
Take the marrow
Leave the scream
[death metal screams]
RIP IT OUT OF ME
IF YOU WANT IT SO BAD
TEAR THE ROOTS FROM MY CHEST
TILL THERE’S NOTHING TO GRAB
YOU TOOK MY BLOOD
YOU TOOK MY HOME
YOU TURNED MY BODY
INTO STONE
[breakdown
Syncopated chugs]
Is this the price
For loving deep?
Every blessing
Buried six feet?
[Chorus]
[Outro]
Half-packed boxes
On an empty floor
Your sweater on the chair
Like you just stepped out the door
[soft baritone]
If you’re somewhere I can’t follow
Say my name into the rain
’Cause I’m standing in the doorway
Waiting
To be taken
Again