[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] They tell me "reboot it," tell me "it's just a glitch" While a stranger's in my pocket, making his own switch They call it "customer service," an automated lie While I'm watching my own privacy hang out to dry And the worst part of it all is the casual doubt The way they look at you when you try to spell it out So you learn to stop talking, you just nod and agree 'Cause the truth is a language only you can see.[Bridge] They say family is everything, a port in the storm But my storm is a secret that keeps no one warm And this ethical prison, these walls that I've built Are made of their safety and all of my guilt I've got the proof in cold storage, a legacy of lies But showing them the truth means I'm showing them the spies So do I burn it all down just to prove I was right? Or do I live in this darkness to keep their world bright?[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.
