[Verse 1] Third light down the block makes a halo on my jacket edge Wet pavement echoes twice for every step I take out here alone The city holds its breath where we once let it all spill out My phone screen glow is still blue with your name left on read A ghost in my pocket while the silence gets loud overhead I re-map every street corner like a route I used to share Counting cracks and broken signs instead of where you are The air smells cold, metallic, like coins or coming snow My breathing is too heavy for this quiet neighborhood show One foot in front of another, no rush but not fast either Just trying to stay steady as the city pulls me nearer To that door I know by heart, to that key inside my sleeve The silence has a weight that only those who walk this late can leave [Pre-Chorus] Streetlights stretching shadows out too long along the street Fog on every surface makes the world feel incomplete Wet pavement keeps repeating what I’m not saying yet One more block, one more breath before my feet forget [Chorus] Halfway home at 3AM and shadows stretch along the wall I carry you in every step and leave your memory to fall The city is a witness with its windows closed and still I’m moving through the echo while I climb this hollow hill Halfway home at 3AM, not healed but moving on The night is holding half of us until another day comes dawn [Verse 2] My sneakers find the puddles that reflect a distorted glow I hear my own voice in my head and wonder where it went so slow You’d hate how I keep replaying what we didn't get to finish Every red light feels like something about us will just diminish A concrete map of everywhere your shadow used to be found Walking through the aftermath like a slow-motion scene One more turn, that corner where we sat and watched it all burn down Halfway home now, silence as my only company in town [Bridge] The key turns cold inside the lock at the end of this walk alone I stand there for a second with my coat still buttoned near my bone No phone call comes, no sudden light breaks through the hall Just me and three AM waiting on the silence after all One breath in. One step forward. [Chorus] Halfway home at 3AM and shadows stretch along the wall I carry you in every step and leave your memory to fall The city is a witness with its windows closed and still I’m moving through the echo while I climb this hollow hill Halfway home at 3AM, not healed but moving on The night is holding half of us until another day comes dawn [Outro] Door shut quiet. Key left in the lock. Phone screen dark after the final text I didn't send.
