"Vacant Return" (v2) [Intro — whispered, buried in reverb — TAYLOR] Count the breaths you left behind Somebody's home but it's not mine [Verse 1 — TAYLOR] We went up together, left the shell on the floor Two silhouettes drifting past the ceiling, past the door Didn't feel the hands that came for what we left The room rearranged itself around our absent breath [Pre-Chorus — DANI] Something walked in wearing my skin Something learned to breathe again By the time we found our way back down The lock had changed, the walls turned round [Chorus — TAYLOR + DANI unison, DANI on top harmony] So lost, so dark, we fly forever Nobody's left to pull the tether The cord got cut by careless hands Now we drift through borrowed lands Until we can't — until we can't embark [Verse 2 — DANI] Dani counts the ceiling tiles that never were the same Says the mirror learned a different way to say our name We keep circling the house we used to call a home Two bodies stolen, two minds forever thrown [Pre-Chorus — TAYLOR] Something walked in wearing my skin Something learned to breathe again [Chorus — TAYLOR + DANI unison, DANI on top harmony] So lost, so dark, we fly forever Nobody's left to pull the tether The cord got cut by careless hands Now we drift through borrowed lands Until we can't — until we can't embark [Bridge — HEAVIER, full-band, double-time drums under it — TAYLOR/DANI call-and-response] TAYLOR: Whoever's wearing what we left behind — DANI: wake up. TAYLOR: We're not done climbing back — DANI: give it back. TAYLOR: We remember the shape of the door DANI: WE REMEMBER TAYLOR: We remember the weight of the floor DANI: WE REMEMBER BOTH (screamed/layered): GET OUT OF WHAT YOU'RE WEARING GET OUT OF WHAT ISN'T YOURS WE ARE STILL — FALLING UPWARD — WE ARE STILL — TEARING THROUGH THE DOORS [Final Chorus — full layered, both voices doubled/detuned] So lost, so dark, we fly forever Nobody's left to pull the tether The cord got cut by careless hands Now we drift through borrowed lands Until we can't — until we can't embark [Outro — TAYLOR whisper only, pitched down, fading] So lost... so dark... forever... (Count the breaths you left behind...)
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