(I thought I could catch you...) I thought I was the light. I brought a wall of energy, a saving hand Built a lighthouse where you needed sand. I kept huffing and puffing, trying to wake the spark But I was just the wind... blowing out the dark. I watched your ember, seen it low and blue I tried to force a fire... just to feel close to you. Now I’m sitting lonely, in the silence I made With an ash pile for a heart... and a crown of shade. I crushed the very air you needed to breathe Thinking my "strength" was what you should perceive. I was a storm... when you needed a mirror. I was the noise... when you needed it clearer. I’m sorry I didn’t match your frailty— I’m sorry I couldn’t just... let it be. I kept trying to save a soul that wasn't lost Just... processing the winter, paying the cost. I’m learning to be uncomfortable in the ash To stay right here through the static and the crash. If you’re a spark... I’ll be the stone. No more huffing and puffing... just a zone. I’ll wait for you to come by, whenever you glow I won’t ask for the high, I’ll stay with the low. No more level-ten energy, no more walls of sound Just level-headed questions, feet on the ground. I’ll learn the rhythm of your "mute" and your "scream" I’ll stop trying to wake you... I’ll just sit in the dream. IT’S HARD TO BE STILL! IT’S HARD NOT TO REPAIR! BUT I’D RATHER CHOKE ON THE SILENCE— THAN BE THE REASON YOU’RE GASPING FOR AIR! [Chorus - Energy 4/10, The Vow] [Vocal: Back to a whisper, extreme intimacy, dry] [Instrumental: Single muffled piano notes] I’m gonna match your energy... however it feels. I’m gonna stay in the ash... until it’s real. I won’t show you my strength... I’ll show you my husk The man who stays lit... from the dawn to the dusk. Match the energy. Match the frailty. I'm right here... In the ash.
