[Verse 1 - Mature female alto, wounded, dry and restrained] Sparx on the folder, Sparks on the wire Two spellings smoking in the same little fire Blue blinds shaking in the interview light I keep seeing a hand that looks like mine Gold band cold in a property tray Lipstick ghost on a glass by the sink I remember the door I do not remember walking away [Pre-Chorus - Faint breath-shadow double enters] I kept my face still I let the camera lie I heard my own voice Coming from the other side [Chorus - Voice opens, low stacked harmonies] Someone else signed with my hand Someone else smiled when I ran Someone else wore my skin through the blinds I was still breathing Someone else signed [Floor-tom fill] [Verse 2 - Same mature female alto, darker chest register] Same nail shape, different history Same wrist turning where I could not see My name moved clean on the witness line Black ink blooming in borrowed time She said TOURNIQUET and the phones woke fast Red lights jumped on the back-office glass Racks pulled the drives, killed the boards, swept the floor Grab-and-go quiet through the loading door [Pre-Chorus - Controlled tension rising] Then police came in With their hands on us all Three rooms waiting But four truths in the walls [Chorus - Wider harmony, heavier pulse] Someone else signed with my hand Someone else smiled when I ran Someone else wore my skin through the blinds I was still breathing Someone else signed Someone else bloomed from the bruise Someone else knew what to do Someone else learned how to live on my crimes I was still bleeding Someone else signed [Bridge - Same voice, restrained belt with displaced breath doubles] Harriet sat first with the statement flat Racks sat stone with the blackout map Flip sat laughing like the night went wrong Tape reels turning with a missing song Three locked doors and the same air thin One empty chair where I should have been They asked for the dead, they asked for the chain Her breath answered with my old pain I felt the pen press I felt the page slide I heard my own laugh Arrive ahead of mine [Final Chorus - Full controlled alto belt] Someone else signed with my hand Someone else smiled when I ran Someone else wore my skin through the blinds I was still breathing Someone else signed Someone else stood in the flash Someone else counted the ash Someone else made all the dead ends align I took the pen back Now the last line’s mine [Outro - Same voice, intimate and close] Sparx on the folder, Sparks on the wire Both names cooling in the same little fire If they need a body, they can search all night Someone else signed But I decide
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