[Intro] (Guitar loop starts alone) (Distant traffic) (Streetlight buzz) [Verse 1] Streetlights flicker like a warning sign Every shadow looks a little like mine I got clean by the river I got calm by the trees But the city keeps crawling underneath my sleeves Everybody moving like they know the plan Everybody selling me a better man I keep my breath slow I keep my head down But the noise keeps rising from the underground [Pre-Chorus] And I say Slow down Stay here Don't run Don't disappear [Chorus] There's static in the streetlights Thunder in my blood I keep looking for the river In the concrete and the mud I don't want to go under I don't want to give in But the world gets loud And I lose myself again [Instrumental Break] (Wah guitar lead) (Bass loop deepens) (Looped vocal hums) [Verse 2] Mary said breathe when the panic starts Amanita left roots around my heart But my phone keeps ringing And my thoughts run fast Like a hundred little ghosts from a future and a past I see gold caps glowing in a puddle shine Hear the Mushroom Kingdom calling from the power lines Saying come back down Saying leave that place But I see my reflection and I know my face [Pre-Chorus] So I say Slow down Stay here Don't run Don't disappear [Chorus] There's static in the streetlights Thunder in my blood I keep looking for the river In the concrete and the mud I don't want to go under I don't want to give in But the world gets loud And I lose myself again [Extended Guitar Solo] (Delay-soaked guitar climbs) (Beatbox loop thickens) (Heavy groove holds steady) (Vocal ad-libs underneath) [Bridge] Maybe healing ain't a doorway Maybe healing ain't a crown Maybe healing is the moment That I fall and don't stay down Maybe grace ain't being steady Maybe grace is coming back When the road goes dark And my mind goes black [Final Chorus] There's static in the streetlights But I still hear the flood I keep carrying the river In my breathing and my blood I don't have to go under I don't have to give in When the world gets loud I can find myself again [Outro] (Guitar loop fades) (Streetlight buzz softens) Slow down Stay here Don't run Don't disappear
