I’ve been walking through the shadows of my own mind, Tracing every step back to the place we left behind. Your ghost still whispers in the corners of my room, Like a lullaby that always ends too soon. And I still feel you On the edges of my breath. Every memory cuts Like a promise we forget. Maybe I just need somewhere to hide, Somewhere quiet where the ache can't find me. A space where time can finally rewind, And I can breathe without the pain behind me. If healing takes a while — that’s fine. Just give me somewhere, somewhere to hide. Funny how a broken heart can feel like home, When everything familiar turns to carved-in stone. I wear the silence like a coat that fits too tight, But letting go feels harder than the night. And I still crave you, Even when it makes me bleed. Every truth we buried Still grows like a seed. Maybe I just need somewhere to hide, Somewhere quiet where the ache can't find me. A space where time can finally rewind, And I can breathe without the pain behind me. If healing takes a while — that’s fine. Just give me somewhere, somewhere to hide. One day I’ll stand in the sunlight again, One day the scars won’t feel like chains. But until the weight finally lifts from my chest, All I need is a moment — just one breath. Maybe I just need somewhere to hide, Somewhere soft where my heart can tremble. A place to break, rebuild, realign, And remember what it feels like to resemble Something whole, something alive— Just give me somewhere, somewhere to hide.

We grew beneath the same ceiling. Same winter. Same mouth. You learned hunger. I learned waiting. Something moved between us. No sound. No warning. Just a door left open in the dark. There were two. Then there was one. There were two. Then there was someone running. I heard the earth take your name. I kept mine in my mouth. Your hands smelled like iron. Mine smelled like rain. We brought our gifts to the same place. Only one came back changed. You said nothing. I understood. Some love has teeth. Some blood doesn't forgive. There were two. Then there was one. There were two. Then there was someone running. I heard the earth take your name. I kept mine in my mouth. The field remembers. The field remembers. Even when we don't. Something underneath keeps asking. Keeps asking. Where is he? Where is he? I turn my face from the sky. Brother. Almost brother. Shadow of my shadow. I carry you without carrying you. I bury you without a grave. There were two. There was always two. Even when I walked alone. Even when the mark came down. Even when the ground went quiet. You were there. Under everything. Same beginning. Different blood. Same mother. Different god. The field remembers. I don't.

I keep my mouth like a closed fist. Smile on the surface— teeth underneath. You ask, “Are you fine?” I nod, I nod. I learn to swallow thunder small. It’s not anger, it’s a temperature. It’s not a fight, it’s a fever. Turn it down— I turn it up. Touch my skin— it lights you up. I fold the rage into clean shirts. Hang it in closets, let it look neat. But every “okay” is a match head. Every “sorry” is gasoline. It’s not anger, it’s a temperature. It’s not a curse, it’s a cure. Turn it down— I turn it up. Hold my heart— it bruises you. If I burn, I glow. If I glow, I go. If you call it “heat,” I hear “hurt.” If you call it “love,” I learn “learn.” Not anger. A temperature. Not danger. A messenger. I’m not screaming— I’m measuring.

I was standing by the dam, watching the sea breathe The sky was silver, falling softly over me There were pieces of you moving through the water So many shadows, but I felt smaller You were dancing barefoot in the shallow tide Like ghosts in moonlight, slipping side to side And all I could think, as the waves grew colder Was who brought her here, and why did I know her? Fighting through nights to keep my throne In a kingdom made of smoke and stone I miss you, and I sleep alone Every time I heard the phone I hoped... Your voice was calm, like rain behind a wall But somehow you already knew it all If I stepped out of line, I’d break in two And every road would lead me back to you Although I can build so many things Cities from dust, and broken wings I could raise the moon above the sea But I could never make you love me Fighting through nights to keep my throne In a kingdom made of smoke and stone I miss you, and I sleep alone Every time I heard the phone I hoped... I am walking on a bridge in a dream The river below is swallowing everything One foot down, one foot in the air Like I am here, but not really there My whole life feels like a broken sky Still, I am trying I am trying Fighting through nights to keep my throne In a kingdom made of smoke and stone I miss you, and I sleep alone Every time I heard the phone I hoped... Fighting through nights to keep my throne In a kingdom made of smoke and stone I miss you, and I sleep alone Every time I heard the phone I hoped...

I wake in the silence The walls know my name A light in the distance Still looks like a flame But nothing gets closer And nothing feels real I carry the weather That no one can feel I’m alone in the sound I’m alone in the air Every prayer falls down Like nobody’s there I’m alone in my skin I’m alone in my head There’s a ghost within Where the heart once bled The clock keeps on breathing The night wears my face I move through the hours But never the place I speak to the shadows They answer in stone The louder I’m calling The more I’m alone I’m alone in the sound I’m alone in the air Every prayer falls down Like nobody’s there I’m alone in my skin I’m alone in my head There’s a ghost within Where the heart once bled No fire No sleep No choir No peace No witness No sign Just darkness And time I’m alone in the sound I’m alone in the air Every prayer falls down Like nobody’s there I’m alone in my skin I’m alone in my head Still I breathe within This room without end No echo No answer No mercy No sound No echo No answer I’m still here Somehow

I had a room I had a name I had a fire Before the rain I had your voice Inside my head Now every word Feels almost dead I kept the pictures Kept the scars Kept looking up At dying stars But nothing stays Nothing waits Time doesn't love Time only takes Slowly Quietly Piece by piece You don't notice Till it leaves Time takes everything Everything Your face Your touch The songs we used to sing Time takes everything Everything And when it's gone It's gone There is no return No return There is no road Back to where we were No return No return Time takes everything I had a dream I called it mine Thought I was young Thought I had time One more night One more year One more chance To keep you here But clocks don't care And days don't stop The second hand Takes what you've got A little youth A little light A little more Every night Slowly Quietly Piece by piece You don't notice Till it leaves Time takes everything Everything Your face Your touch The songs we used to sing Time takes everything Everything And when it's gone It's gone There is no return No return There is no road Back to where we were No return No return Time takes everything If I could have One minute back I wouldn't speak I wouldn't ask I'd just stay there Beside you And let the world Pass through One minute Just one But even that Is gone Tick Tick Another memory Tick Tick Another piece of me Tick Tick I close my eyes Tick Tick Another life Time takes everything Everything The ones we love The skin we're living in Time takes everything Everything And never gives Anything back There is no return No return No second life No second first No return No return Only what we remember And even that... Time takes I had a room I had a name I had you Once Time took everything.

You speak. Nothing lands. Big words. Empty hands. You know less. You shout more. Every room becomes a war. I hate the noise. I hate the pride. A vacant mind with nowhere to hide. You call it truth. You call it strong. You are loud. You are wrong. I see the line before it bends. You chase the start. I see the end. I slow it down so you can learn. Still, every bridge you touch will burn. I hate the noise. I hate the pride. A vacant mind with nowhere to hide. You call it truth. You call it strong. You are loud. You are wrong. No depth. No doubt. Nothing in. Everything out. No thought. Just sound. So confident. So loud. I hate the noise. I hate the game. Different faces. Always the same. You want respect you never earned. I know the fire. You know the burn. You are loud. You are wrong. I understood all along.

Washed up on the shore The daughter of the Lord Has no words for me I'm as deep as the sea She pulls me out of bed I'm barely awake Says "Why don't you give up on that woman?" She takes and she takes There's a certain kind of silence that speaks to me She says "I've lost my son Have you seen him? I don't know what he's done Or where he's been Have you seen him? Have you seen him?" Dressed up to the nines In black The darkest kind To match the bags under my eyes I've never been so high I've never been so high She says "I've lost my son Have you seen him? I don't know what he's done Or where he's been Have you seen him? Have you seen him?" "Have you seen him? Have you seen him? Have you seen him? Have you seen him?"

This is the part where I start losing myself And I'm getting further away From who I am and where I'm from But I keep in my mind the voices of my family And the lessons they taught me You have to keep your roots You have to keep your roots And my home keeps calling me Keeps calling me Keeps calling me Keeps calling me Keeps calling me So This is the part where I keep losing my faith And it's harder every day To be better than I was before But the memories and the love from my family They keep holding me and they remind me You have to keep your roots You have to keep your roots And my home keeps calling me Keeps calling me Keeps calling me Keeps calling me Keeps calling me And my home keeps calling me Keeps calling me Keeps calling me Keeps calling me Keeps calling me This is the part where I start losing myself And I'm getting further away From who I am and where I'm from But I keep in my mind the voices of my family And the lessons they taught me You have to keep your roots You have to keep your roots And my home keeps calling me Keeps calling me Keeps calling me Keeps calling me Keeps calling me And my home keeps calling me Keeps calling me Keeps calling me Keeps calling me Keeps calling me

2 a.m. Same room. No meaning. I’m a shadow in the mirror again Phone lights up, but it’s not your name Your love was a high with no end Now it’s silence in expensive frames City moves, but I’m standing still Everybody acts like they’re fine I forgot how a heartbeat feels When it’s not yours keeping time I keep the pain on replay Like it owes me a reason You left and the world stayed the same That’s the part that feels like treason If love is real, why does it fade? Why do I breathe better when I’m afraid? Hold me close, then let me go Nothing means much when the lights get low I’m too far gone, I already know We’re just smoke in the void Your perfume still lives in my coat Like a bruise that won’t learn to heal I say I’m fine, but I’m doing the most Trying to fake something real I scroll back just to punish me Like it’s holy, like it’s prayer You said “forever” so casually Like forever wasn’t there I keep the night on repeat Same street, new season You left and the sky didn’t bleed So tell me what I’m supposed to believe then If love is real, why does it fade? Why do I breathe better when I’m afraid? Hold me close, then let me go Nothing means much when the lights get low I’m too far gone, I already know We’re just smoke in the void Maybe love is just chemistry Dressed up as fate Maybe nothing has meaning That’s why it stays late I tried to make a home out of you Now I live in the drift Say you miss me— I won’t believe you Say you’re sorry— I don’t need it If love is real, why does it fade? Why do I feel empty either way? Hold me close, then let me go Nothing means much when the lights get low I’m too far gone, I already know We’re just smoke in the void 2 a.m. Same room. No meaning.