Glitter in the Margins

[Intro]
[Verse]
Moonlight hits the floor
Through the heavy door
Dust motes in the air
Like they don't care
Shuttered windows, quiet street
Where the ghosts and shadows meet
Locked up tight at 3 a.m.
I am back for them again
[Pre-Chorus]
Cracked spines on the shelf
Talking to my younger self
Found a name I used to know
From a decade ago
It’s a prickly kind of cold
Watching all the ink turn gold
[Chorus]
Glitter pen in the margin
Heavy heart is the bargain
We were thick as thieves
Before the summer leaves
Now the ink is fading fast
Nothing’s built to really last
But I’m holding on to you
In a world of G minor blue
[Post-Chorus]
Jewelry box chimes
Borrowed all the time
Borrowed all the time
(So gritty, so sweet)
[Verse]
Page forty-two is torn
Like the day that we were born
You wrote "forever" in blue
But I haven't heard from you
Calliope plays in my head
All the words we never said
Lopsided beats in my chest
Putting old friendships to rest
[Pre-Chorus]
Cracked spines on the shelf
Talking to my younger self
Found a name I used to know
From a decade ago
It’s a prickly kind of cold
Watching all the ink turn gold
[Chorus]
Glitter pen in the margin
Heavy heart is the bargain
We were thick as thieves
Before the summer leaves
Now the ink is fading fast
Nothing’s built to really last
But I’m holding on to you
In a world of G minor blue
[Bridge]
They say leave it all behind
Out of sight and out of mind
But I’m staying in the dark
Searching for a little spark
I won't burn the bridge tonight
In this cold and silver light
Let the sub-bass shake the floor
I don’t want to grow no more
[Hook]
Don't tell me to grow
Everything I know
Is tucked inside a book
Go ahead and take a look
It’s a quiet kind of war
Behind the library door
[Chorus]
Glitter pen in the margin
Heavy heart is the bargain
We were thick as thieves
Before the summer leaves
Now the ink is fading fast
Nothing’s built to really last
But I’m holding on to you
In a world of G minor blue
[Post-Chorus]
Jewelry box chimes
Borrowed all the time
Borrowed all the time
(So gritty, so sweet)
[Outro]