Hollow Ground

Verse 1

Oldest child of the family line

I pushed myself for every scrap of pride

Watching you choose her time and again

Leaving me stranded in the dark

Searching for shadows where I went wrong

Pre-Chorus

Everything I had I offered up

Trying to earn a simple grin

Begging for a moment of your grace

Checking the air for any change

Watching the frost grow on the glass

Chorus

You see me

But you never really look at me

You listen

But you never hear my voice

Silence is the only sound I make

Broken by the weight of ghosts

Your love was something I could never find

Searching for a home inside your heart

No I never found it in you

Verse 2

The dialogue has dried up now

Small talk turns to sharp debris

Divided by the words we don't say

Safe in the quiet of my room

Even when my chest feels like lead

Wasted breath on a battlefield

Pre-Chorus

Back when I was just a boy

Running toward a pair of closed arms

Caught in the middle of a scream

Waiting for the heat to fade out

Wondering why I'm invisible today

Feeling the sting of the hollow years

Chorus

You see me

But you never really look at me

You listen

But you never hear my voice

Silence is the only sound I make

Broken by the weight of ghosts

Your love was something I could never find

Searching for a home inside your heart

No I never found it in you

Bridge

Questioning every step I took

Maybe I was too still

Maybe I missed the mark

Gave up my own skin for yours

Walking toward a light that flickered

Searching for a look of okay

I claimed that I was bulletproof

While I bled out for one touch

Chorus

You see me

But you never really look at me

You listen

But you never hear my voice

Silence is the only sound I make

Broken by the weight of ghosts

Your love was something I could never find

All I ever wanted from the start

Was just a little bit of you

Just a little bit of you