[Intro - distant radio static, vinyl crackle] [Filtered guitar, hallway reverb] [Verse 1 - intimate, restrained] I took the long way home again Past the corner where we used to meet The traffic lights were changing For an empty street Your favorite place is still open I watched it disappear behind Funny how a city keeps moving When something in you dies [Pre-Chorus - instruments gradually cut out] Every window looks alive [Tape stop] [Megaphone vocal, distant] But nobody's inside... [Vinyl scratch - sudden silence] [Chorus - full band, distorted guitars] Under hollow lights I still look for you In every passing car In every empty room And I know you're gone I know that isn't you But every hollow light Still leads me back to you [Glitch cut - radio static] [Verse 2 - drums and bass enter first] Your name came on the radio Or maybe I just heard it wrong I've gotten good at finding you In places you don't belong I passed our old apartment Someone else's curtains glow I wonder if they ever feel The ghosts we left below [Pre-Chorus - guitar feedback building] Every window looks alive [Record stop] [Distant intercom vocal] But nobody's inside... [Scratch transition → Chorus] [Chorus - full band, more aggressive] Under hollow lights I still look for you In every passing car In every empty room And I know you're gone I know that isn't you But every hollow light Still leads me back to you [Breakdown - drums cut, lo-fi radio filter] Green light. [Scratch] Red light. [Tape stop] Three a.m. Drive by. [Drums return] Same streets. New names. [Sudden silence] Everything moved on. [Distant megaphone vocal] I stayed. [Reverse swell → Final Chorus] [Final Chorus - explosive, layered vocals] Under hollow lights I stopped looking for you In every passing car In every empty room But sometimes when it's late And the whole world turns blue These hollow lights still make me Think I'm coming home to you [Outro - instruments abruptly stop] [Distant radio ambience] The light turns green. [Long silence] [Whisper, telephone filter] I don't move. [Tape click]
