𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑩𝒐𝒚 𝑩𝒆𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑽𝒆𝒊𝒍

[Intro] I see you there before the damage Before the doors start locking tight Before the one meant to protect you Let a stranger take your light [Verse 1] You're still young enough to trust her Still waiting to be chosen Still thinking if you stay quiet Maybe nothing else gets broken I know the voice in the hallway I know the rooms that stop feeling safe I'm on the far side of the damage Watching you walk into the fire That I already barely passed [Pre-Chorus] I pound the veil until I'm bleeding But the years won't let me through I scream your name into the fracture But it never reaches you [Chorus] I'm screaming through the veil But you don't hear a sound I'm clawing through the fire Trying to drag you out God, I'd tear my life to pieces For the boy I couldn't save I'm still here bleeding for The boy behind the veil [Verse 2] Every room became a stranger Every face a door that closed Every place they said was safety Just another place I froze Borrowed beds and borrowed ceilings Different walls, the same old fear Every time I thought it's over Another chapter would appear [Verse 3] I still see that first dark hallway Someone waiting just outside Then the door shuts cold behind me And the whole world turns to night I remember falling through the silence Into black that had no floor And the child inside that darkness Never really left that door [Pre-Chorus] I pound the veil until I'm bleeding But the years won't let me through I scream your name into the fracture But it never reaches you [Chorus] I'm screaming through the veil But you don't hear a sound I'm clawing through the fire Trying to drag you out God, I'd tear my life to pieces For the boy I couldn't save I'm still here bleeding for The boy behind the veil [Bridge] There's one night I still can't face Cold air biting through my sleeves Heart broke open in the dark Headlights passing, no one sees I wasn't trying to vanish I was trying to be seen Trying to make the pain outside Match the hell inside of me [Breakdown] New room Same fear New name Same year Same dream Same floor Same child Same door Door shuts World black No way back Thunder cracks Wake alone [Final Chorus] I'm screaming through the veil But you don't hear a sound I'm clawing through the fire Trying to drag you out God, I'd tear my life to pieces For the boy I couldn't save I know every version of you Still waiting to be saved I know the dark hall in the nightmare I know the roar behind the veil I know every face that faded Every love that turned to hell I couldn't save you from it all So I'll save who's left I'm still here fighting for The boy behind the veil [Outro] The boy behind the veil The boy behind the veil If you could hear me now, I'd tell you none of this was your fault I'm still fighting for us both