[Intro] Cold TV glow Static in my bones Someone said my name But nobody was home [Verse 1] Rainwater stains on the ceiling again Old black shirt and a rusted chain Smoke in the mirror, I can't explain Funny how memories all decay The house still breathes when nobody's there Dust in the corners and cuts in the air Something keeps pulling me nowhere Something keeps saying beware [Pre-Chorus] Don't cry Don't wait Everything bends Everything breaks [Chorus] You'll know I'll be dead By the words I never said By the old guitar still humming low Beside an empty bed You'll know I'll be dead When the stars turn red But somewhere inside the static rain I'm listening instead [Verse 2] Blackbirds sleep on telephone lines Moonlight cracks through broken blinds The clock gave up around midnight But I still hear it keeping time Ghosts don't scare me anymore I left my shadow by the door Everybody wants something more I don't know what for [Chorus] You'll know I'll be dead By the silence overhead By the strange songs in the dark Still living in your head You'll know I'll be dead When the last tears shed But echoes don't belong to graves They're wandering instead [Guitar Solo] (Huge emotional solo with bends and feedback) [Bridge] Maybe I'm smoke Maybe I'm rain Maybe the voice Inside your pain Maybe I'm gone Maybe I'm near Maybe I whisper When nobody hears [Breakdown] Slow... Like a dream... Fading... Through the screen... Slow... Like the tide... Nothing... Really dies... [Final Chorus] You'll know I'll be dead By the things left unsaid By the sound of midnight thunder Rolling overhead You'll know I'll be dead But don't hang your head Every scar becomes a map For the lost instead [Outro] Static... Old photographs... Black sky... Nothing lasts... Close your eyes... Hear me then... You'll know... You'll know... You'll know... I'll be dead...
