[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)