(Intro)(Sound of heavy rain falling on pavement)(A slow, eerie, detuned piano melody plays in a minor key)(Deep, distorted bass slides in)Yeah...Shadows on the wall don't ever move the way they should.Clock is ticking backward in the neighborhood.Look...
(Verse 1)The streetlights flicker like a dying pulse The city drinks the poison, yeah, it swallows the results I'm walking through the fog where the ghosts look real And the living act like mannequins with nothing left to feelI hide a heavy secret in a tattered trench coat Lined with all the bitter letters that I never spoke Every step echoes like a gavel on the floor Paranoia knocking very softly at the door They try to sell me plastic smiles, tell me everything is fine But I can see the copper bleeding through the silver line The concrete is freezing and the sky is turning ash I’m running out of time, I’m running out of cash Static on the television, static in my brain Trying to find a umbrella that can block this kind of rain But the water’s getting heavy, and the river’s getting wide Nowhere left to run when the monster lives inside.
(Chorus)Cold concrete under my feet Secrets in the alley where the dark and desperate meet No moon tonight, just a neon glow Watching everything wither in the shadow down below Yeah, we sink or we swim in the dim light Living like a phantom in the midnight.
(Verse 2)Whispers in the hallway, footsteps on the stairs I’m looking in the mirror but there’s no one standing there Just a silhouette of memories I should have left behind A twisted little maze that I constructed in my mind The clock strikes twelve but the sun forgot to wake How many promises can one broken spirit break?I see the crows gathering up on the telephone wire They’re waiting for the spark to turn the puddle into fire The asphalt breathes out a smoky black mist I’m checking off the names of the people I have missed But the ink keeps running and the paper starts to tear An empire of dust built on absolute despair So I double-lock the deadbolt, pull the curtains to the floor But the darkness isn't waiting on the outside anymore.
(Chorus) Cold concrete under my feet Secrets in the alley where the dark and desperate meet No moon tonight, just a neon glow Watching everything wither in the shadow down below Yeah, we sink or we swim in the dim light Living like a phantom in the midnight.
(Outro)(The piano melody slows down, notes ringing out with heavy echo)Living like a phantom...Just a shadow in the static.Rain keeps falling.Concrete stays cold.(Bass drops out completely) (Sound of a door clicking shut, followed by fading rain audio)
Alternative Pop, Indie Pop, and Dark Cabaret , Male Vocals