Neon Hallways

(Verse 1)

I left a light on in the hallway of a year I promised to forget

I swore I’d burned the blueprints, but I’m not finished with it yet

The static’s getting louder, it’s a phantom in my chest

Tell me now...

Is there a version of me that can finally rest?

I’m running out

Of the ghost of a hope at best.

(Verse 2)

Tracing the concrete veins of a city at 3:00 AM

Asking the streetlights for a grace I can’t give them

There’s an ache that travels from my scalp down to my heels

A heavy kind of hollow that I forgot how to feel

Fighting the same old shadows, yeah, they’re older than my name

Trying to drown the fire, but I’m just fueling the flame.

(Pre-Chorus)

And still, nothing is shifting

I’ve been

Locking my soul in a glass-walled prison

Searching for logic, some holy reason

But I’m just a lost boy... terrified of the joy.

(Chorus)

I left a light on in the hallway of a year I promised to forget

Just when I thought I’d escaped it, I’m caught in the net

Tell me now...

Will I ever find peace?

Or am I just running out

Of the hope I can reach?

(Bridge)

The walls are sweating memories, the floorboards are teeth

I’m screaming at the surface while I’m drowning underneath

Is the light still burning in that room down the hall?

Or am I just a shadow pacing figures on a wall?

(Is it on? Is it on? Is it on?)

(Final Chorus)

I left a light on in the hallway of a year I promised to forget

I’m a slave to a version of myself I haven't even killed yet

Tell me now...

Will I ever find peace?

I’m running out...

God, I’m running out.

(Outro)

A year I promised to forget.

A light I haven’t turned off yet.

Just a lost boy...

Scared of the joy.

(Fade out on the sound of a distant siren)