Hold the Empty Light
Hold the Empty Light - keytar melancholy at neon dusk.
Plastic in my palm, a window with no view A number on a card is all they left for you The avenue is violet, the rain forgets my name I crack the cover open and I only hold the flame
They sold me a horizon folded down to one thin line I traced it with my finger, swore the city would be mine But the case clicks shut like winter and the screen begins to glow A door without a building, all the streets I'll never know
No weight, no spin, no sound to keep Just light that never lands, a skyline in my sleep
Hold the empty light, hold the empty light A ghost behind the glass, a city out of sight You bought the whole damn night and got the cover, not the fight So hold the empty light, hold the empty light
I press it to the window where the neon comes apart A hollow little promise with a motor for a heart And somewhere in the static there's a version of the dream Too far to ever touch it, just a shimmer on the screen
Maybe what they gave me was a mirror, not a door Maybe holding nothing is what hands are even for So I'll keep it on the dashboard like a relic, like a vow The light that never landed is the only light I've got now
Hold the empty light, hold the empty light A ghost behind the glass, a city out of sight You bought the whole damn night and got the cover, not the fight So hold the empty light
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