When the Lights Go Down

The mirror cracks, but shows your face
Like time forgot to leave this place
I speak your name but choke it back
It's all I have, this faded past
Your ghost still lingers in the seams
Of every wall and shattered dream
I try to sleep, but silence grows
And wraps around me like your ghost

They say the dark won't hurt you, but it does
It knows where all the softest pieces were

When the lights go down
You crawl back in
Through the holes in my heart
Where you've always been
I shut my eyes
But you don't leave
You never were the type
To set me free
And I drown
In the sound
Of your voice without a face
When the lights go down

I never meant to keep you here
But love and grief are never clear
You're stitched into the songs I write
Into the walls I talk to every night
I still see flashes of that fight
The way you turned, the way I might
Have held on tighter, begged you stay
But words don't work once you've walked away

I lie to everyone but me
You're still the cage I cannot see

When the lights go down
You crawl back in
Through the holes in my heart
Where you've always been
I shut my eyes
But you don't leave
You never were the type
To set me free
And I drown
In the sound
Of your voice without a face
When the lights go down

And maybe I deserve this haunt
The consequence of all I want
But every shadow speaks your name
And I still answer just the same

When the lights go down
You find your way
To everything I couldn't say
I hold my breath
As if you'll speak
But ghosts don't talk
And love can't breathe
When it's gone
But not erased
When it lingers like a blade
When the lights go down