[Intro dry guitar, slow bass pulse, distant night ambience] Back and forth Back and forth One swing moves One stays still Cold night air Empty thrill [Verse 1] Midnight comes The park goes pale Streetlights hum Like they could fail My drink sits cold On the swing to the right Like a little ghost Keeping me company tonight Shoes in dirt Chains that creak I come here when The week gets weak [Pre-Chorus] One swing moving One swing bare Always room But no one there [Chorus] So I swing Like a fool at night Wide awake In the broken light One drink resting At my side Just to make The empty look less wide Back and forth Back and forth Always space For someone more But no one stays No one cares One swing moves One stays there [Instrumental repetitive bassline, dry two-note guitar answer] [Verse 2] Cars roll past Beyond the trees Everybody goes Where they need to be I push too high Then sink too low Like if I stop Iโll have to know The other chain Never makes a sound Funny how silence Follows me around [Pre-Chorus] One swing moving One swing bare Same old night Same empty air [Chorus] So I swing Like a fool at night Wide awake In the broken light One drink resting At my side Just to make The empty look less wide Back and forth Back and forth Always space For someone more But no one stays No one cares One swing moves One stays there [Bridge stripped back, bass and voice only] Itโs not your place Itโs not their place Itโs just a shape An empty space I leave the glass Like a cheap disguise So I donโt have to face Whatโs beside my eyes [Short distorted guitar swell] [Verse 3] Maybe some hearts Are built this way Next seat cold While mine decays Maybe I laugh โCause it sounds less dark Than saying I know Every crack in this park [Final Chorus fuller guitars, worn-out emotion] So I swing Like a fool at night Still awake In the broken light One drink resting At my side And for one more hour Thatโs enough to get by Back and forth Back and forth Always space For someone more But no one stays No one cares One swing moves One stays there [Outro drums fade, dry guitar motif remains] Back and forth Back and forth One swing moves One stays there
