Dying Streetlights

Verse 1 We were living on a dying street Base shutting down, ghosts under my feet Half the houses dark, half the world gone still But I could feel your eyes there against my will My husband was gone in a uniform sky Serving his country while I learned not to cry I kept the lights on, kept my head down low But fear has a way of making itself at home Pre-Chorus Yeah, you wore a badge, you wore a grin Acting like a wolf don’t count as sin You called it watchin’, I called it hell And no one came when I couldn’t yell Chorus You had me looking over both shoulders Jumping at the sound of the night getting closer At my work, in the dark, outside my door Tell me what the hell you were hunting me for You hid behind the fence, behind the rank, behind the rules Like a coward in a costume trying to make me feel small But I’m still here, yeah I lived through all your games You can stalk my past But you don’t get my name Verse 2 Parking lot prayers with my keys in my fist Every late shift ended like this Heartbeat screaming, “Girl, just run” When the moon came up, I trusted no one And by my house when the night got cold I’d feel that panic crawl into my bones Curtain cracked, breath held tight Wondering if tonight was the night Pre-Chorus You made a prison out of thin air Out of silence, out of my scared But what you counted on was me breaking down You forgot some girls don’t drown Chorus You had me looking over both shoulders Jumping at the sound of the night getting closer At my work, in the dark, outside my door Tell me what the hell you were hunting me for You hid behind the fence, behind the rank, behind the rules Like a coward in a costume trying to make me feel small But I’m still here, yeah I lived through all your games You can stalk my past But you don’t get my name Bridge You thought alone meant weak Thought deployed meant I wouldn’t speak Thought fear would keep me in my place But I survived that empty base So here’s the truth you never knew I was terrified, but I made it through And every step you took to corner me Built the fire you now hear in me Final Chorus Yeah, you had me looking over both shoulders Now I’m the one standing taller, getting colder At my work, in the dark, outside my door I don’t shake like I did before You hid behind the fence, behind the rank, behind the lies But I see straight through men who weaponize What you tried to steal, I went and reclaimed You can haunt those roads But you don’t get my name Outro No, you don’t get my name No, you don’t get my fear You don’t get my silence And you sure as hell don’t live here