[Verse 1] Curtains stay drawn through the afternoon Keeping the light from crossing the room If the sun doesn't move, the day hasn't passed Living in a polaroid, making it last I've memorized the dust in the air Almost see your shape in that chair The calendar lies, says a year's gone by But I'm still breathing a July sky [Pre-Chorus 1] The door's wide open, but my feet are lead Tracing the lines of the words you said Every exit's blocked by a view Can't find a version of me without you [Chorus] (Power chords kick in, soaring vocals) And I'm bound in a memory, locked in the gold In a story I never let grow old Walls made of echoes, floor made of glass Watching every future turn to the past Built a palace out of all we used to be Now I'm the only prisoner with the key Yeah, I'm bound in a memory [Verse 2] (Rhythm drops out slightly, driving synth bass) I tried to step but the ground wouldn't give Hard to find a reason or a way to live When my best self's a thousand miles back Stuck on a reel run out of track Polishing the edge of a high-def dream Everything's exactly how it's always been No new names, no surprise in the dark Same old flame, same dying spark [Pre-Chorus 2] The clock on the mantle's frozen in time Paying for sins that were never a crime Safer in here where the colors don't bleed But I'm starving for what I'll never need [Chorus] (Full intensity, orchestral hits) So I stay bound in a memory, locked in the gold In a story I never let grow old Walls made of echoes, floor made of glass Watching every future turn to the past Built a palace out of all we used to be Now I'm the only prisoner with the key Yeah, I'm bound in a memory [Bridge] (Stripped back to piano and vocals) They say the world turns, that colors fade But I'm at home in the center of the cage If the clock strikes, I have to let you go And that's a winter I don't want to know [Guitar Solo] (Melodic, soaring lead echoing the vocal melody) [Final Chorus] (Maximum energy) So I stay bound in a memory, locked in the gold In a story I never let grow old Walls made of echoes, floor made of glass Watching every future turn to the past Built a palace out of all we used to be Now I'm the only prisoner with the key Yeah, I'm bound in a memory [Outro] (Fading out with echoing vocals) Still in the gold... Still in the frame... Everything's perfect... Everything's the same... Bound in a memory... (Final piano note rings out)
