House Lights
I came back for the silence
Thought the room had finally closed
But every wire held a memory
Every chair still knew its ghost
I turned one lamp above the piano
Watched the old dust catch the light
Maybe empty doesn’t mean forgotten
Maybe absence isn’t night
I spent years behind the voices
Putting every piece in place
Tonight I leave one light burning
And finally sign my name
House lights
Leave one on for me
House lights
Let the old room breathe
Every song
Every scar
Every person that we were
House lights
Don’t go dark yet
We were here
I left some noise inside these walls
I know
I left a note that wouldn’t die
I know
I kept the pulse when time ran wrong
Still there
I left a road beneath the song
Still moving
I left the warning lights in red
I didn’t turn them off
None of you were background
Neither was I
House lights
Leave one on for me
House lights
Let the old room breathe
Every song
Every scar
Every person that we were
House lights
Don’t go dark yet
We were here
I used to think my job
was keeping everybody together
Maybe it was
But keeping the room standing
didn’t mean I had to disappear inside it
This one’s mine
Leave the rough edge
Leave the voltage
Leave the pulse
Leave the road
Leave the red light
Leave the piano
Leave the light
House lights
Leave them burning bright
House lights
We made it through the night
Every voice
Every wound
Every sound we couldn’t lose
House lights
We were here
And I was too
I was too
You were too
We were here
We were here
House lights