Parallel Tracks

[Intro]
[Verse]
Cold glass against my temple bone
The city lights are feeling prone
I'm riding this late bus alone
A frequency I've never known
The fog is thick upon the pane
I'm tracing patterns in the rain
Trying to wash away the stain
Of every word we left in vain
[Chorus]
We’re moving on parallel tracks
And we aren't ever looking back
The colors fade into the black
I lost the spark I used to lack
Yeah, we’re just ghosts upon the wire
Extinguished every little fire
I’m climbing but I’m getting tired
Of everything that we desired
[Verse]
I reached into my denim coat
Found a ghost, a little note
An arcade ticket, barely wrote
A memory that’s still afloat
The yellow paper’s crushed and torn
From a life before we were worn
Before the silence started to form
And left us shivering in the storm
[Pre-Chorus]
I saw your name and let it slide
Nowhere left for us to hide
The gap between us got too wide
I’m drowning in this rising tide
[Chorus]
We’re moving on parallel tracks
And we aren't ever looking back
The colors fade into the black
I lost the spark I used to lack
Yeah, we’re just ghosts upon the wire
Extinguished every little fire
I’m climbing but I’m getting tired
Of everything that we desired
[Bridge]
It’s not a fight, it’s just a shift
A slow and agonizing drift
I didn’t want to lose the gift
But now the weight is hard to lift
We grew in different soil, I guess
Leaving behind this heavy mess
I wish you nothing but the best
While I put this ghost to rest
[Verse]
Neon signs are streaking past
Nothing ever seems to last
The shadow that we used to cast
Is buried in the distant past
The driver hasn't said a word
The only sound that can be heard
Is my heartbeat, a trapped bird
By every lesson I have learned
[Chorus]
We’re moving on parallel tracks
And we aren't ever looking back
The colors fade into the black
I lost the spark I used to lack
Yeah, we’re just ghosts upon the wire
Extinguished every little fire
I’m climbing but I’m getting tired
Of everything that we desired
[Post-Chorus]
Parallel tracks
Never looking back
Fade into black
Spark that I lack
[Outro]