[Intro] Chain-link hum in the yard, porch bulb buzzing low Something in the grass keeps making room for you [Verse 1] I see you in the grass by the chain-link glow A little ghost in the weeds where the cold winds blow Trying to reach me through the cracked-open pane While the porch light trembles like a dying eye in the rain (I see you, yeah, I see you) [Verse 2] Laid out on the lawn in the midnight haze Breathing out black grief through the smoke-stained air (Midnight haze, midnight haze) [Chorus] If you come closer, you can hear it crack The house keeps talking when the smoke rolls back I know your shape by the way it bends Under that pale porch bulb and the wire fence If you want in, you better say it plain ’Cause I’m not chasing shadows through the frame again I can hear your steps in the cinder dust All that slick-mouth talk, it don’t mean much If you’re here to stay, then knock once more I’m not letting that same old dark back through the door [Verse 3] Holding on to a spark with the window cracked wide While the silence in the house creeps in and settles inside (Silence creeps, silence creeps) [Verse 4] Uh-oh, oh no, here we go A cinder hit the floor in the sickly dim glow (Here we go, here we go) [Verse 5] Curtains caught fire, licking red at the seam And I swear I heard your name in the crackle of the dream (Heard your name, heard your name) [Verse 6] Now the house is on fire, smoke crawling the hall I can’t remember the last time I felt anything at all (On fire, on fire) [Verse 7] That I didn’t mind All that sorrow you were whispering in the dead of night (Dead of night, dead of night) [Verse 8] Never even crosses my mind Just your hollow little stare and those empty eyes (Empty eyes, empty eyes) [Verse 9] Eyebrow jacked, crooked smile in the pale streetlight Talking all that hurt behind my back, out of sight (Out of sight, out of sight) [Verse 10] Swimming in the dark like a crocodile Lurking by the deep end with a dead-eyed smile All the while just in denial (In denial, in denial) [Verse 11] You’re a broken little thing, better get a grip Like an empty burned-out match at the edge of the strip [Verse 12] Holding just one sip You ain’t nothing but the smoke from a fading drip, drip, drip [Verse 13] Ash in the air, I can feel it in the night Window cracked open, sinders drifting through the light [Verse 14] You creeping real slow with a sideways grin Trying to look brave but you’re caving in [Verse 15] Ash on the floor and the bass still thumps I hear your soft little lies while the whole room crumps [Verse 16] You say you a flame but you move like a lie Take one wrong step and you burning alive [Verse 17] I keep my cool while you lose your head Cold eyes on you when the last words are said [Verse 18] All that noise, it don’t mean a thing When the house goes up and the sirens ring [Verse 19] You talk like a king with a paper crown But the minute I stare, you looking down [Verse 20] Empty bottle faith and a plastic grin Tryna play clean but you caving in [Verse 21] I been on my own, I been in my zone No need for your ghosts when I’m breaking alone [Verse 22] You slide through the room like a cheap little trick But your whole damn face got a crack in it [Verse 23] Step by step, I’m watching you slip All that noise and a dying grip [Verse 24] You blend in the dark but I spot your trace Every fake little move written on your face [Verse 25] Cough in the smoke, and the backbeat cracks Rattling the frame with a snap-track stack [Verse 26] You want my mercy, but I won’t bite I seen too much sorrow in this neon light [Verse 27] Keep on pretending you’re above it all But your own weak shadow’s about to fall [Verse 28] I grin at the bluff, let the tension climb While the whole damn truth cuts right through the grime [Verse 29] Shadows on the wall and the room half-lit Every little lie just don’t fit [Verse 30] No more games, no more disguise I can read the fear when you fake those eyes [Verse 31] Turn up the track and let it run wild Burning through the night like a lost, crying child [Verse 32] You can keep talking, I’m already done Your whole little act got nowhere to run [Verse 33] Glass on the ground and the floorboards shake I know a fake move when the real ones break [Verse 34] So if you need smoke, then come get near But your own reflection is the thing you fear [Verse 35] From the window to the fire, we fade out slow Still I watch the sinders from a spark burn low [Outro] Porch bulb buzzing, chain-link still humming through Morning finds the yard and nothing left of you
