Neon leaks through broken blinds Painting bruises on the wall The sign across the street keeps flickering Like it forgot how to die at all Another night gets swallowed whole While I pretend I didn't notice I keep calling this surviving Just because I'm still awake City lights below me All those stars above I keep mistaking being awake For being alive enough If the night can look this beautiful Why can't I feel a thing? Maybe some of us keep breathing Long after We stop living Another 3 AM goes missing Another cigarette burns low The traffic keeps on moving Like there's somewhere left to go I watch my reflection in the glass And barely recognize the silence I learned how to look alive Without remembering How it felt City lights below me All those stars above I keep mistaking being awake For being alive enough If the night can look this beautiful Why can't I feel a thing? Maybe some of us keep breathing Long after We stop living THE NEON KEEPS FLICKERING LONG AFTER THE STORE IS CLOSED AND MAYBE THAT'S WHAT I BECAME STILL BURNING FOR NOBODY JUST TOO BROKEN TO GO DARK City lights below me A thousand stars above I spent years mistaking being awake For being alive enough And the night still looks beautiful While I still barely feel a thing Maybe some of us keep breathing Because we forgot How to stop The sign finally went dark. I watched it happen.
