[Intro] Folded setlists on the floor Warm bulbs cooling overhead My guitar case open wide Like it still expects your hand [Verse 1] The last door shuts with a tired little click Broom down the aisle, tape marks on the bricks Somebody laughed here an hour ago Now the ceiling hums where the voices don’t I count my steps by the sound they make One for the smile, one for the shake I told them I was good I almost made it true [Pre-Chorus] But strength has a costume And mine’s coming loose [Chorus] When the lights lean low And the whole room thins I hear what I hid Come breathing in I don’t have to carry The face I defend I meet myself Where the applause ends [Verse 2] A half-drunk bottle by the monitor stand Your name in my throat like a match in my hand I pack up the cables, I coil up the night Leave one little bulb fighting sleep in the side light The stage looks smaller when nobody sees All that brave wood underneath my knees I bow to the quiet It bows back to me [Chorus] When the lights lean low And the whole room thins I hear what I hid Come breathing in I don’t have to carry The face I defend I meet myself Where the applause ends [Bridge] For a minute, nothing asks me to shine Nothing calls my hurt a sign No hands in the air No mouth saying stay Just dust in the beams And the truth with my name [Final Chorus] When the lights lean low And the whole room thins I hear what I hid Come breathing in I don’t have to carry The face I defend I let silence hold me Where the applause ends [Outro] Folded setlists on the floor One bulb humming overhead I close the case And leave the echo open [End]
