[Intro | Palm muted guitars rhythmically strum for one to two bars before Ghost notes join in along with the rest of the band dropping into Verse 1.] [Verse 1] You visited my room,... Frozen in time, the day I left. My shit is all strewn,... That's were you broke your mind, then shrieked into the silence. There's a grave in the center of your home, The parade of the dead- Spirited away your soul,... Inside your head, does it still feel cold? Do you think killing yourself brings us close? [Instrumental Break] You kept my school photo up in the hall, Who guessed seventh grade was the end of it all. You gotta move on, Stay strong-you know-you gotta, Leave me behind, let me sift into the dust, Forgetting to live will only kill you my love,... [Pre-Chorus 1] Watched you count every mocking minute, Do the ticking sounds bark out accusations? Are you starting to believe them? Gnawing down all these Imagined reasons, On every word that comes from your silent screaming. [Instrumental break] Oh how this house learned slow ways to eat itself, Digesting down our memories- now you sleep but keep yourself from dreaming, To fill the empty space where you loved me,... [Chorus 1] I live in the after, I live in the after (after), You talk to the dark, But it refuses to answer! (answer) I live in the after, I live in the after (after) Don’t call it heaven, Too many cracks in this foundation, Your screaming gets in,... Screaming gets in,... Your screams so deafening. [Instrumental Solo] [Verse 2] You wore my old black jacket, To the store in the soaking rain. Strangers said my name behind your back and-- You nearly froze in place,... [Instrumental break | build up.] The mirror took your face And gave you mine in return You laughed at the pain, Then you let the misery leak in. You opened my windows wide, For a sign, for a ghost,... A moth dead on my light, And you call this shit home!? [Pre-Chorus 2] And I watched you fold my letters, Back into that dirty box. I watched you keep every secret, Even when they started to rot! The kettle screamed at dawn The sink kept morbid time Why are you living on the serrated edge of a knife? Why is my ending the only thing left in your mind? [Chorus 2] I live in the after, I live in the after (after) You talk to the dark, Still chasing phantoms. I live in the after I live in the after (after) Don’t call it apart, When I haunt your laughter. [Bridge] [Half-time] If you burn my things, I will never see. If you say my name, Deaf ears are listening. Cut me out of photos, Just stain the frames. Put your hand to your throat, Every time you say my name,... [Instrumental buildup] [Final Chorus] I live in the after, I live in the after (after) You talk to the dark, Expecting an answer! I live in the after, I live in the after (after) Don’t call it an ending, When it's fuckin forever! I live in the after I live in the after (after) I live in the after I live in the after (after) You won't let me go, I'm stuck watching you shatter, Watching you shatter, Unable to answer,... [Outro | rapid Fire Hits and double kicks from the drums | have me to guitars chug together in a cacophony of music before fading into A ringing silence.]
