HOUSE LIGHTS

House Lights I came back for the silence Thought the room had finally closed But every wire held a memory Every chair still knew its ghost I turned one lamp above the piano Watched the old dust catch the light Maybe empty doesn’t mean forgotten Maybe absence isn’t night I spent years behind the voices Putting every piece in place Tonight I leave one light burning And finally sign my name House lights Leave one on for me House lights Let the old room breathe Every song Every scar Every person that we were House lights Don’t go dark yet We were here I left some noise inside these walls I know I left a note that wouldn’t die I know I kept the pulse when time ran wrong Still there I left a road beneath the song Still moving I left the warning lights in red I didn’t turn them off None of you were background Neither was I House lights Leave one on for me House lights Let the old room breathe Every song Every scar Every person that we were House lights Don’t go dark yet We were here I used to think my job was keeping everybody together Maybe it was But keeping the room standing didn’t mean I had to disappear inside it This one’s mine Leave the rough edge Leave the voltage Leave the pulse Leave the road Leave the red light Leave the piano Leave the light House lights Leave them burning bright House lights We made it through the night Every voice Every wound Every sound we couldn’t lose House lights We were here And I was too I was too You were too We were here We were here House lights