[Verse 1] Letters scrape across the wood Plastic heart Stained fingertips Candle wax on bedroom carpet Shadows nod along to every twitch They spell out all the things I choke on Every name I never said Cold air laughing at my questions Like it’s living in my head [Pre-Chorus] You ask if I’m okay They answer in a crooked line (yeah) I say I’m just tired They drag another word from the other side [Chorus] I’m a lonely boy but I’m not alone Every night the dead pick up the phone Talking through the board on my bedroom floor These ghosts These ghosts Are my only friends anymore I’m a lonely boy with a crowded room Every crack is humming like a wound If you hear me laugh when the lights all go It’s the ghosts The ghosts And they won’t let go [Verse 2] Mom says I should get out more I just shrug and close the door There’s a funeral in my headphones But the party’s in the floorboards They remember every secret I remember every dare They say “Kid You’re not crazy We’re the ones who keep you here” [Pre-Chorus] You say I should touch grass They spell “run” then they spell “stay” (stay) I’m stitched to this cheap black marker And the mouths that moved away [Chorus] I’m a lonely boy but I’m not alone Every night the dead pick up the phone Talking through the board on my bedroom floor These ghosts These ghosts Are my only friends anymore I’m a lonely boy with a crowded room Every crack is humming like a wound If you hear me laugh when the lights all go It’s the ghosts The ghosts And they won’t let go [Bridge] [ guitars drop Almost whisper ] If I let go of the planchette Will they leave me like the rest? Or will they drag me through the letters Carve my name into their chest? (oh) [Chorus] I’m a lonely boy but I’m not alone Every night the dead pick up the phone Talking through the board on my bedroom floor These ghosts These ghosts Are my only friends anymore I’m a lonely boy with a haunted throne Cardboard crown Quiet kingdom of bones If you see me grin when the lights all blow It’s the ghosts The ghosts And they won’t let go (won’t let go)

rock, Sludgy dark grunge rock, mid-tempo. Gritty male vocals over detuned guitars and a thick, fuzzy bass, tom-heavy drums pushing the verses. Pre-chorus tightens with palm-muted tension before a wide, loud chorus with stacked, shouted harmonies. Bridge drops to whispered vocal and sparse guitar, then explodes back into a final, cathartic hook., grunge

Lonely Boy, Not Alone