Sitting in the corner with the volume down Watching the parade in a phantom town Got a thought on my tongue but I swallow it whole Cannot pay the toll for a piece of my soul The ties are too weak but they pull so tight Just a silent shadow in the blue screen light Oh, I got the blue light blues Walking on the glass in a pair of lead shoes Watch what you say Or they tear you apart Throw it away Just a hollowed out heart I am trapped in the glow where the cowards all hide With the blue light blues and the silence inside Every little word is a wire trip Biting on the edge of a bloody lip I see the mob forming in the digital square But there is nobody breathing the actual air We are terrified of strangers we will never meet While we lock every door on our own damn street Oh, I got the blue light blues Walking on the glass in a pair of lead shoes Watch what you say Or they tear you apart Throw it away Just a hollowed out heart I am trapped in the glow where the cowards all hide With the blue light blues and the silence inside I used to know my neighbors. Now I just know their politics. We traded the stoop for a cage. And we locked it ourselves. Oh, I got the blue light blues Walking on the glass in a pair of lead shoes Watch what you say Or they tear you apart Throw it away Just a hollowed out heart I am trapped in the glow where the cowards all hide With the blue light blues and the silence inside Just the silence. Just the blue light. © 2026 The Shady River Bard. All rights reserved.
