(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)
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