[Verse 1] I learned early how to sit still How to watch a room go dim How to keep my mouth from spilling What the dark was doing in I built a language out of fractures Line by line until it stayed So the night could have a container And I could walk away [Verse 2] I walk past windows like confessions Every porch light knows my pace I collect the almost-lives I buried Just to give the night a face Empath with the volume broken Observer with the lights turned low I can feel a stranger breaking And still not know where I should go [Chorus] Failure faces in the glass Maps I folded till they tore I keep living in the after Of a boy I don't protect no more If the shadow wants a witness It can have the man I am I won't dress it up as holy I just hold it in my hands [Verse 3] There are years I do not visit There are names I do not say There is proof inside the writing That I made it through the day I don't pray for any rescue I don't wait for any sign I just put the dark in meter So it can't run me from behind [Chorus] Failure faces in the glass Maps I folded till they tore I keep living in the after Of a boy I don't protect no more If the shadow wants a witness It can have the man I am I won't dress it up as holy I just hold it in my hands [Bridge] I used to think a brighter thing Would come down through the roof Now I know the work is quieter Stay, and tell the truth If I make it to tomorrow It won't be because I flew It'll be these worn-out shoulders Doing what they have to do [Final Chorus] Failure faces in the glass Maps I folded till they tore I keep living in the after Of a boy I don't protect no more If the shadow wants a witness It can have the man I am I won't dress it up as holy I just hold it in my hands [Outro] Hold it in my hands Hold it in my hands Not a hymn Not a cure Just a man Still here
