Hollow Choir

[Intro]
Shadows on the ceiling
Names I tried to burn
Every word still bleeding
Every page still turns

[Verse 1]
You said "it gets better"
But I just got used to the ache
Sleeping in a sweater
Smelling you on every mistake
I keep your ghost
In the cracks of my teeth
Bite down hard
Till my gums start to speak

[Pre-Chorus]
How do I heal
What I worshiped as pain?
I tear out the thorns
But I miss the stain

[Chorus]
I’m singing with a hollow choir
Every echo is your name
Set myself on quiet fire
Just to feel you in the flame
If letting go is what you wanted
Why are you still in my veins?
I’m singing with a hollow choir
Drowning in the sound of your remains

[Verse 2]
Photos on the dresser
Turn their faces when I breathe
Every smile a pressure
Pulling ribs around my grief
I stitch my doubt
With your fraying thread
Wear it proud
Like a crown of lead

[Pre-Chorus]
Tell me again
That “it’s all in my head”
Then why does your voice
Shake the walls of my chest?

[Chorus]
I’m singing with a hollow choir
Every echo is your name
Set myself on quiet fire
Just to feel you in the flame
If letting go is what you wanted
Why are you still in my veins?
I’m singing with a hollow choir
Drowning in the sound of your remains

[Breakdown]
Tear out my tongue
(it only speaks of you)
Carve out my lungs
(still screaming the truth)
If this is closure
Why does it open me?
If this is healing
Why am I on my knees? (yeah)

Drop
Me
Through
The
Floor

[Chorus]
I’m singing with a hollow choir
Every echo is your name
Set myself on quiet fire
Just to feel you in the flame
If letting go is what you wanted
Why are you still in my veins?
I’m singing with a hollow choir
Drowning in the sound of your remains

[Outro]
Shadows on the ceiling
Fade into the day
I mouth your name in silence
Till the silence takes you away