[Verse 1]
The shadows have teeth in the hallway now
They’ve been eating the light for weeks
I’m a ghost in a house that I still pay for
With a tongue that forgot how to speak
The drawer in the kitchen is humming a tune
A silver, sharp-edged lullaby
It says, "I’m the only thing left in this room
That’s honest enough not to lie."
[Pre-Chorus]
The amber glass bottle is mocking the sun
Counting out seconds like bullets in a gun
"One for the memory, two for the pain,
Three for the silence, and four for the rain."
[Chorus]
I’m going down to a darker, darker place
Where the mirror doesn't even recognize my face
Where the pills in the palm are the only stars I see
And the cold steel is whispering, "Come back to me"
It’s a hollow-point heavy, a bone-deep low
A darker, darker place than I ever thought I’d go.
[Verse 2]
The divorce papers curled like a dead man’s hand
On a table that’s missing a chair
I’m a king of a kingdom of dust and regret
With a crown made of static and air
The bathroom tiles are a cold, white grid
Mapping out everywhere I fell
I’m looking for an exit, I’m looking for a lid
On this private, personalized hell.
[Bridge]
The blades are just iron, but they’ve got a mouth
Pointing my heavy heart further south
The capsules are plastic, but they’ve got a soul
Telling me "empty" is better than "whole"
But even down here, where the oxygen dies
There’s a flickering spark that the darkness denies.
[Chorus]
I’m standing in a darker, darker place
Where the mirror doesn't even recognize my face
Where the pills in the palm are the only stars I see
And the cold steel is whispering, "Come back to me"
It’s a hollow-point heavy, a bone-deep low
A darker, darker place than I ever thought I’d go.
[Outro]
Just a hand on the floor.
Just a breath in the black.
The dark’s calling out...
But I’m not calling back.
(Not yet.)
(Not yet.)
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