[Intro] (Single, low acoustic guitar note ringing out) (Faint, shivering glass harp melody) [Verse 1] I am still here... inside these brittle bones Walking the earth... through the dust and the stones I haunt these grounds where we used to stay But your eyes look through me... and you turn away. [Verse 2] [Vocal Style: Choked, claustrophobic] I am locked inside... a cage of rotting skin Kicking at the walls... from deep down within I hammer on my ribs... I claw at my chest But I'm a prisoner here... put to a hollow rest. [Chorus] [Vocal Style: Aching, breathless] I am not dead yet... I am screaming your name But my words are just wind... and nothing’s the same I’m the one you once loved... I’ve come back to the door But it’s locked from the inside... and I’m known no more. [Verse 3] [Vocal Style: Struggling, rasping] I try to speak... but my vocal cords are dry A jagged rattle... where there used to be a cry My legs are heavy lead... a stumbling, broken gait I’m reaching for your hand... but I’m always too late. [Bridge] [Vocal Style: Desperate whisper] (Eerie Theremin swell) Is my face a mask... so you cannot see? Is this just a dream... haunting you and me? Recognize me... Please... I'm still in here. [Chorus] [Vocal Style: Aching, breathless] [Vocal Style: Stay intimate, do not swell] I am not dead yet... I am screaming your name But my words are just wind... and nothing’s the same I’m the one you once loved... I’ve come back to the door But it’s locked from the inside... and I’m known no more. [Verse 4] [Vocal Style: Weathered, gravelly] For me it was seconds... a blink in the dark But time is a river... that’s left its mark How can you forget? How can you not know? While I’m standing right here... in the cold and the snow. [Outro] [Vocal Style: Fading to a rasp] Just a shadow in the hall... Just a stumble... just a crawl... I am not dead... yet... [Last note of the glass harp rings out into silence] [End]
