I turn the lights off in the hallway,

But the shadows crawl back anyway.

You say that everything is possible,

And I count every step like it's a trial.

I taught myself to keep on smiling,

When everything inside is steel.

But the moment that you touch me,

You can hear the way it rings, the way it's real.

I can't pretend it doesn't hurt,

That this city let us go, didn't leave us in the dirt.

I can't fake that I've gone cold —

I'm still the one I was before.

And honestly — I'm still the one

Who waits for you at the locked door.

You're packing up your suitcase,

And I'm standing frozen in the frame.

We started over so many times,