The Only One Who Stayed

Intro

(Mm mm-mm)

(They always leave)

Verse 1

Warped cradle rocking in a vacant hall

Static humming from a blistered wall

Tracing ink on a heavy page

Growing grey at a tender age

Paper thin promises dissolve like salt

Everything falling down by my fault

Holding vapor in a tight fist

Knowing only how to not exist

Pre-Chorus

Ask no questions to a closed door

Bitter truth falling to the floor

Swallowing the poison of the years

Washing skin with some heavy tears

Chorus

Fragile hands built a hollow frame

He never learned how to say his name

A bitter welcome turns to salt

Living life in a secret vault

Every arrival comes with an ending

Too much time spent on the pretending

Wear the bruises like a heavy coat

Keep the water from the sinking boat

Instrumental

Verse 2

Schoolyard ghosts wearing wide grins

Waiting for the winter to begin

Staring through a pane of glass

Watching every lucky stranger pass

Temporary friends in a row

Waiting for the whistle to go

I see a monster in the mirror

Watching my reflection disappear

Pre-Chorus

Keeping secrets in a deep well

Everything is ringing like a bell

Lock the gate and hide the key

From everyone I used to be

Chorus

Fragile hands built a hollow frame

He never learned how to say his name

A bitter welcome turns to salt

Living life in a secret vault

Every arrival comes with an ending

Too much time spent on the pretending

Wear the bruises like a heavy coat

Keep the water from the sinking boat

Guitar Solo

Bridge

Maybe they were never the cure

Nothing in this life was ever sure

I survived when the lights went dim

Washed the dirt from every limb

(You are not the reason)

(You are not the reason)

Finding power in the lonely state

Before it gets way too late

Chorus

Fragile hands built a hollow frame

He never learned how to say his name

A bitter welcome turns to salt

Living life in a secret vault

Every arrival comes with an ending

Too much time spent on the pretending

Wear the bruises like a heavy coat

Keep the water from the sinking boat

Outro

I stayed for myself

(Mm mm-mm)

I stayed...