Hollow Grave

(Intro)

I’m still here.
In the afterglow.
Say my name
then let it go.

(Verse 1)

I woke up to the quiet, chewing on the night
Your shadow on my ceiling like the approaching night
I tried to be the silence, tried to be above
But your hands were full of matches and my ribs were full of blood

You don’t get to call it love
when it only shows up hungry
You don’t get to hold my throat
and ask why I’m breathing funny

(Pre-Chorus)

My pulse is a warning light, red in the rain
I keep rehearsing goodbye like it’s holy, like it’s safe
If you want a villain, I can play the part
but you don’t get the ending, you don’t get my heart

(Chorus)

So tear it down, tear it down I’m not your sacrament
I was a home you burned, now I’m the fire you can’t unlearn
You wanted the best of me, then you fed it to your doubt
Now I’m the storm in your lungs when you try to sing me out

This is the hollow grave you made inside my chest
I’m not the almost and I’m not your little test
Say you’re sorry to the dark
’cause I’m the end of you you never got to touch

(Verse 2)

I used to bite my tongue until it tasted like your lies
Put my dreams in folded boxes just to keep you satisfied
You called it being fragile, like I was made of glass
But I learned to be the hammer when you threw me to the past

Now every mirror tells the truth
and it’s louder than your story
I’m done praying to your moods
I’m done begging for your mercy

(Pre-Chorus)

My pulse is a warning light, sharp in the snow
You keep reaching for my halo like you earned it, like you own
If you want forgiveness, learn to let me leave
I’m not your resurrection, I’m your reason to believe

(Chorus)

So tear it down, tear it down I’m not your sacrament
I was a home you burned, now I’m the fire you can’t unlearn
You wanted the best of me, then you fed it to your doubt
Now I’m the storm in your lungs when you try to sing me out

This is the hollow grave you made inside my chest
I’m not the almost and I’m not your little test
Say you’re sorry to the dark
’cause I’m the end of you you never got to touch

(Bridge)

I gave you keys, you built a cage
I gave you truth, you staged a play
I kept the peace, you kept the knife
Now watch me turn it into light

One step, two steps feel the floor shake
Hands up, throat open let the hurt break
If you’re looking for the girl I was
she’s gone… she’s gone… she’s

(Final Chorus)

So tear it down, tear it down I’m not your sacrament
I was a home you burned, now I’m the fire you can’t unlearn
You wanted the best of me, then you fed it to your doubt
Now I’m the storm in your lungs when you try to sing me out

This is the hollow grave you made inside my chest
I’m not the almost and I’m not your little test
Say you’re sorry to the dark
’cause I’m the end of you…
the end of you…
you never got to touch

(Outro)

I’m still here.
In the afterglow.
Say my name
then let it go.