(Verse 1) We sat at the table, the best of friends I showed you the chapters, the beginnings and ends I gave you the map to the cracks in my wall Thinking you’d catch me if I started to fall. You poured the wine and you laughed at my jokes While you were busy lighting the fire and stokking the smoke I was so busy watching the light in your eyes I missed the reflection of the coming demise. (Pre-Chorus) It’s funny how silence can scream in a room It’s funny how flowers can look just like gloom The texture changed, the air got cold And the story you told? It was getting old. (Chorus) Now I’m pulling the steel out of my spine While you’re toasting to victory with my vintage wine I look at your face, but the features are wrong You’ve been playing a character all along. The mask finally slipped, shattered on the floor I don’t recognize the person standing at the door. Yeah, the knife hurts, but the truth hurts more— I was loving a ghost, a fake, a veneer The person I trusted was never really here. (Verse 2) I heard the whispers come back round to me Distorted versions of my history. You took my secrets and sold them for cheap Just to climb a ladder that’s crumbling and steep. Was it worth the attention? Was it worth the applause? To be the architect of your own tragic cause? I see you now clearly, in high definition A hollow shell with a selfish ambition. (Pre-Chorus) The glitch in the matrix, the slip of the tongue The song is finished, the last note is sung. You reach out a hand, like nothing has changed But the furniture in my head has been rearranged. (Chorus) Now I’m pulling the steel out of my spine While you’re toasting to victory with my vintage wine I look at your face, but the features are wrong You’ve been playing a character all along. The mask finally slipped, shattered on the floor I don’t recognize the person standing at the door. Yeah, the knife hurts, but the truth hurts more— I was loving a ghost, a fake, a veneer The person I trusted was never really here. (Bridge) (Slow build up) Don’t say you’re sorry, don’t waste your breath You sentenced this friendship to a violent death. I’m not even angry, I’m just impressed At how you curated this beautiful mess. (Explosion of sound) So keep the memories! Keep the lies! I’m cutting the anchor, I’m severing ties! You’re not a villain, you’re not that deep You’re just a nightmare I lost in my sleep! (Guitar Solo / Instrumental Break) (Chorus) (Full energy) Now I’m pulling the steel out of my spine While you’re choking on victory and my vintage wine! I look at your face, and the features are wrong You were playing a character all along! The mask finally slipped, shattered on the floor Get your shadow away from my door. Yeah, the knife hurt, but the truth hurts more— I was loving a ghost, a fake, a veneer The person I trusted... (Outro) (Music fades to a single acoustic guitar) ...Was never really here. You were never really here. Just a stranger. Just a stranger I knew. (Silence)
