MUSIC FOR SALE

(Verse 1)
The map on my wall is a liar, just ink and a paper line It doesn't show the static or the way the clocks untwine You’re half a world of oceans away, in a city I’ve never known But the silence you left in this room is the loudest thing I own. I’m reaching through the signals, through the fiber and the air But the dial tone is a ghost town and there’s no one living there. You’ve pulled the curtains shut, tucked your light beneath the floor And locked the heavy deadbolt on our shared and open door.
(Pre-Chorus)
I’m not here to fix the world or tell you it’s okay I just want to sit beside you in the dark and find a way To bridge the miles of water and the miles of your retreat To find the rhythmic heart inside the sound of your defeat.
(Chorus)
God, I miss your voice, the way it used to rise and fall I miss the way you’d sing like there was no one else at all. I miss the way you’d dance, like gravity was just a choice And the golden, sudden ringing of your laughter’s honest noise. I miss the way we’d joke, the way I’d push a line too far And you’d roll your eyes at my "dirty mind" beneath the evening stars. You’re more than just a friend; you’re the blood within my veins And I’m drowning in the quiet of your overseas remains.
(Verse 2)
The screen is dark and empty, no "typing..." at the base Just a gallery of memories of your bright and missing face. I know the world is heavy, I know the shadows started growing But you don't have to hide the parts of you that aren't for showing. I miss the way we’d bicker over things that didn't matter Before the glass inside your spirit started out to shatter. Now you’re a ghost in hiding, a shadow in a foreign land While I’m standing on the shoreline with a letter in my hand.
(Bridge)
Is it raining where you are? Are the walls closing in? Does the weight of being "fine" feel like needles on your skin? You think you’re protecting us by vanishing from sight But you’re the only person who can make the morning bright. I don't need you to be perfect, I don't need you to be strong I just need to know you’re breathing, even if the breath is wrong. Come out of the basement, love, come out into the rain There is nothing you can hide that’s bigger than our shared pain.
(Chorus)
Because I miss your voice, the way it used to rise and fall I miss the way you’d sing like there was no one else at all. I miss the way you’d dance, like gravity was just a choice And the golden, sudden ringing of your laughter’s honest noise. I miss the way we’d joke, the way I’d push a line too far And you’d roll your eyes at my "dirty mind" beneath the evening stars. You’re more than just a friend; you’re the blood within my veins And I’m drowning in the quiet of your overseas remains.
(Outro)
I miss your smile... The one that reached your eyes and stayed a while. I miss your laugh... The better half of every photograph. I’m still here, across the sea, waiting for the light to turn Watching for the smoke to clear and the embers left to burn. Just sing one note. Just move one step. I’m holding onto every single promise that we kept. I miss you. Please... don't stay gone.