In The Static

[Verse 1]

I hear the TV bleed at night

Soft voices chewing through the light

I press my ear against the wall

To feel like I exist at all

You left your shadow in my bed

It curls up where you used to rest

I try to wash it from the sheets

But it just stains me when I sleep

[Chorus]

And I, I want it to be seen

There's just something in between

You're hunger and you leaved

So I held still

Like I did in a half-light dream

That you loved me quietly

Like something you don't keep

[Verse 2]

There's honey dripping from my throat

Every word I never spoke It sticks

It burns, it pulls me down

A sweetness that I'm gonna drown in now

You say my name like it's a chore

Like you said better ones before

I try to make my body small

So you won't mind me there at all

[Chorus]

But I, I wanted to be warm

Not just sleep from many storms

You never meant to fall

So I stay soft

Like a bruise you couldn't see

Let you press your weight on me

Like I was meant to be

[Bridge]

Break me slow like you don't want to know

There's a person in the glow of the screen light on my bones

And when I go, I'll dissolve into the noise

Just another broken voice you won't notice in the void

[Chorus]

But I, I wanted to be real

Something you could touch and feel

Not disappear on cue

Still I wait

In the static in between

If you ever look for me

I'll be gone before you do