Graphite Ghost

[Intro]
[Verse]
Dusty carpet, knees on floor
Found a ghost behind the door
Spiral wire is bent and blue
Smells like 2012 and glue
Cardboard cover, taped-up edge
Hidden on a wooden ledge
I forgot I kept this here
Buried for a seven year
[Pre-Chorus]
Should I turn the page tonight?
Underneath the yellow light
My heart is beating kind of fast
Looking at my messy past
[Chorus]
Oh, the world was small
Writing names upon the wall
Graphite stains on every thumb
Feeling young and acting dumb
Doodles in the margin lines
Searching for the secret signs
It’s a soft and quiet shock
Turning back the heavy clock
[Post-Chorus]
Just a little sketch
Just a little reach
Everything we used to be
In the ink and pencil tree
[Verse]
Toaster fire on page ten
Laughed until we cried again
Inside jokes about the cat
Wonder where you’re living at
Sketch of eyes I used to know
Never let the feeling show
Half a face in charcoal grey
Things I didn't get to say
[Pre-Chorus]
Now I’m mumbling to the rain
Tracing every pencil stain
It’s a funny kind of ache
Seeing every small mistake
[Chorus]
Oh, the world was small
Writing names upon the wall
Graphite stains on every thumb
Feeling young and acting dumb
Doodles in the margin lines
Searching for the secret signs
It’s a soft and quiet shock
Turning back the heavy clock
[Bridge]
Now the room is wide and cold
Stories that I never told
Tape is peeling from the spine
Wish that little world was mine
Just for one more rainy night
In the soft and hazy light
Close my eyes and I can see
Who that girl was meant to be
[Chorus]
Oh, the world was small
Writing names upon the wall
Graphite stains on every thumb
Feeling young and acting dumb
Doodles in the margin lines
Searching for the secret signs
It’s a soft and quiet shock
Turning back the heavy clock
[Post-Chorus]
Just a little sketch
Just a little reach
Everything we used to be
In the ink and pencil tree
[Outro]