Empty City - Dear Love

It’s been dark for hours, I just wish i could find some rest

Instead i’m walking the city looking to clear my head

It’s like I haven’t seen anyone for days

In a lot of ways, i guess that’s how I like it

There’s been a lot on my mind

And these empty streets got me thinking

There must be more to this life

Than just trying to make it through

I walk like my heart’s whole

But when it comes out in the wash

Pale and hollow

Cold water filling up the sink

Face pressed down underneath

Gut wrenching on the drink

Like the sum of these parts don’t matter, no

Cause I’ve been here for so long

And i feel like I’ll never change

Feel like I’ll never change

Let’s go back several years — ship sinking

I’m drinking, she’s drinking.

Imbibition meant no inhibitions

We were vicious.

I was listless;

didn’t know what I was missing

I’d been gone for so long by then

A few more back, I was livin lonely

Chest heavy with a heart that’s frozen

But even before, all I wanted to say would instead always be stored

Deep in my core, somewhere I’d ignore

Where it started to shape-shift

Send chills across my skin

That crept like a sickness

Through sad songs about suffering

I’m sorry for coming all this way while really staying put

I know it’s hard you

But i’m trying to get my head right

No ‘left for dead', right?

We’re thick and thin right?

I need to hear it again

That you think I can win

Cause I’ve been here for so long

And i feel like I’ll never change

Feel like I’ll never change