[Intro | grand piano alone, sax breath] [Verse 1] Everyone scrolling, no one stays Reading the world in a thousand greys I keep a book that no one wants Smells of dust and better months [Pre-Chorus | drums enter soft] They laugh at me, the foolish one Reading by the setting sun [Chorus] I'm the last reader, the last to feel Holding something old and real Ink on my hands, light in my eyes The last reader before the lights die (Before the lights die) The last reader, and I'm alive [Verse 2] They never ached and they never grieved Never lost so never believed Give me the heartbreak, give me the cost I'd rather feel it all than float and be lost [Pre-Chorus] They laugh at me, the foolish one Reading by the setting sun [Chorus] I'm the last reader, the last to feel Holding something old and real Ink on my hands, light in my eyes The last reader before the lights die (Before the lights die) The last reader, and I'm alive [Bridge | piano and voice only, sax wails] You can have your painless days Your perfect smooth forgetting haze I'll take the page that makes me weep Some things are worth the wound to keep [Final Chorus | strings full, sax soaring] I'm the last reader, the last to feel And I would not trade a thing that's real Ink on my hands, tears in my eyes The last reader, and I'm alive (And I'm alive, and I'm alive) The last reader, and I'm alive [Outro | sax fades, single piano note rings into Track 10]
