[Intro] Yeah... another holiday... Just me and the echoes... Another year...[Verse 1] Empty rooms on a day full of cheer I see the pictures, wish that I was there But the lines are all busy, or that's what I tell myself Got my reasons stacked up on a dusty shelf They think I'm distant, think I'm in my own world, cold Don't know the story that can't be told Every call I don't make, every text I don't send Is a battle they don't know I'm fighting in the end.[Pre-Chorus] They see a ghost, a shadow on the wall Don't know I'm trying to protect them from the fall This silence is a shield, this quiet is a war And I don't know who I'm doing it for anymore.[Chorus] There's static on the line when I try to connect A ghost in the machine that I can't eject So I stay in the quiet, in the peace of the gray 'Cause my truth is a fire that would burn it all away And I never asked for this, this weight in my soul Just trying to do right, losing all my control.[Verse 2] Yeah. People talk, they love to assume Say I'm the one who built this empty room Say I'm paranoid, say I'm lost in my head They ain't sleeping with the monsters underneath my bed Every device is a spy, every screen is an eye So I choose to be the one that they just pass on by It's a shitty situation, yeah, you know it is what it is But my conscience is the only real thing left to give.[Pre-Chorus] They see a ghost, a shadow on the wall Don't know I'm trying to protect them from the fall This silence is a shield, this quiet is a war And I'm not sure who I'm doing it for anymore.[Chorus] There's static on the line when I try to connect A ghost in the machine that I can't eject So I stay in the quiet, in the peace of the gray 'Cause my truth is a fire that would burn it all away And I never asked for this, this weight in my soul Just trying to do right, losing all my control.[Verse 3 - The Attempt] I tried to tell you, I laid it all on the line Showed you the glitches, the patterns, the signs But your eyes glazed over at the very first part A technical problem for a broken heart You heard the first sentence, then you just checked out Left me alone with the silence and doubt And I learned in that moment, a lesson so clear My reality's a language that you don't want to hear.[Bridge - The Aftermath] So I built up the walls that you see here today 'Cause it hurts less than watching you turn me away It's not my job to convince you, I finally see that But it'd be nice to be heard, and that's just a fact I've got the proof in cold storage, a legacy of lies But what's the point of the truth if it's met with blank eyes? So I live in this darkness, to keep your world bright And I carry the burden alone in the night.[Chorus] There's static on the line when I try to connect A ghost in the machine that I can't eject So I stay in the quiet, in the peace of the gray 'Cause my truth is a fire that would burn it all away And I never asked for this, this weight in my soul Just trying to do right, losing all my control.[Outro] Static on the line... Yeah... static on the line... They're listening now... I know they're listening now... But this song is the one thing they can't shut down. This is my truth. This is my static. Let 'em listen. I'm done running.
