Ghost Grid

[Intro]
[Verse]
Yellow slips under the glass
Watching all the shadows pass
Plastic shoe on a silver ring
Hear the heavy metal swing
Wet concrete and heavy air
I see myself standing there
In a coat I never bought
Caught in a web of thought
[Pre-Chorus]
The grid is bleeding in the rain
I’m feeling every phantom pain
The jack-in-the-box begins to turn
Wait for the lesson I won't learn
[Chorus]
I’m mapping out the exit signs
Walking on the parallel lines
Between the dread and the delight
I’m vanishing into the white
Keychains jangle in my coat
A secret message that I wrote
Am I here or am I there?
Dissolving in the city air
[Post-Chorus]
(Clatter, clatter)
In the rain
(Jingle, jangle)
Not a stain
Left behind
In my mind
[Verse]
Found a ticket from ninety-four
Left beside a basement door
The version of me with red hair
Is she still breathing in the air?
Kitchen spoons clatter on the tile
I haven't seen her for a while
She took the turn I didn't take
For a different kind of ache
[Pre-Chorus]
Street lights flicker out of time
Searching for a reason or a rhyme
The handle spins a jagged tune
Underneath a paper moon
[Chorus]
I’m mapping out the exit signs
Walking on the parallel lines
Between the dread and the delight
I’m vanishing into the white
Keychains jangle in my coat
A secret message that I wrote
Am I here or am I there?
Dissolving in the city air
[Bridge]
Turn the handle, wait for the pop
Wondering when the world will stop
Sub-bass hitting in my chest
Give the wandering soul a rest
But the alleys call my name
Nothing ever stays the same
I’m a ghost in my own street
With copper keys beneath my feet
[Build-up]
One for the house I burned
One for the trust I earned
One for the girl who stayed
One for the debt I paid
[Chorus]
I’m mapping out the exit signs
Walking on the parallel lines
Between the dread and the delight
I’m vanishing into the white
Keychains jangle in my coat
A secret message that I wrote
Am I here or am I there?
Dissolving in the city air
[Post-Chorus]
(Clatter, clatter)
In the rain
(Jingle, jangle)
Not a stain
Left behind
In my mind
[Outro]