Static Halo
Verse 1
There’s a light in the hallway
That only turns on when you’re not there
Footsteps on the ceiling
Like someone pacing my prayers
I don’t call it your name
But it answers anyway
Like a bruise under the skin
That never goes away
Verse 2
I build you out of silence
From the corners of the room
Every shadow gets your outline
Every clock forgets its noon
And I swear I’m getting better
But the pattern starts to show
Like a song I never learned
But I always seem to know
Pre-Chorus
If I close my eyes too long
You get louder in the dark
Like a signal from nowhere
Like a match that won’t spark
Chorus
You don’t live here
But you never leave
You’re a hymn in the static
Only I believe
And I reach for nothing
But it pulls me in
Like a door that keeps on breathing
From under my skin
Verse 3
There’s a version of your laughter
In the hum of every street
In reflections I don’t trust
In the rhythm of my sleep
I could swear you’re just a pattern
I could swear you’re just a lie
But the lie knows my direction
When I look into the sky
Pre-Chorus
Every time I turn away
You rewrite what I see
Like a ghost in a language
That keeps speaking through me
Chorus
You don’t live here
But you never leave
You’re a hymn in the static
Only I believe
And I reach for nothing
But it pulls me in
Like a door that keeps on breathing
From under my skin
Bridge
If I gave you less attention
Would you finally disappear
Or are you just the shape I made
From everything I fear
Outro
I don’t call it your name
But it answers anyway
Paper Sun
Verse 1
There’s a paper sun above my windowpane
It never sets, but it never feels the same
It hums like glass in a tired sky
Like it’s watching but forgot why
I talk to the walls just to hear a reply
But they breathe like they’re learning how to lie
And the carpet swallows every sound I make
Like the room itself forgot to wake
And I drift, I drift
Through a daylight that doesn’t exist
I drift, I drift
In a halo made of mist
The TV glows with a preacher’s grin
Selling hope I don’t believe in
He says “hold on,” like it’s something I own
But I’ve been holding air all alone
Shadows stretch like they’re bored of me
Yawn and curl into memory
And every clock in the house runs slow
Like it’s waiting for me to go
And I drift, I drift
Through a daylight that doesn’t exist
I drift, I drift
Where the edges of forever twist
If I called out, would it echo back?
Or just dissolve into fading black?
I can’t tell if I’m here or gone
Just a chorus with no song
So I stay where the paper sun burns white
In a sky that forgot the night
And I almost feel like I could be free
If the light would stop looking at me
700 Mornings
Verse 1
Woke up and talked every day
Always tried to know what to say
I held you on a pedestal that didn't even exist
Trading real friendship for a shadow mist
Now I'm sitting in the silence of an empty room
Watching my loyalty meet and early tomb
You built a fortress out of quiet retreat
Leaving my feelings broken at your feet
Pre-Chorus
I know I hurt you but you hurt me too
Apologized 1000 times to you
Now the screen goes black and the truth bleeds in
I guess this won you win
Chorus
'Cause you love the worship, but you hate the church
Loved the validation for what it was worth
What's dead is dead
What's done is done
Watch out friendship wilt in the morning sun
Chorus
'Cause you love the worship, but you hate the church
Loved the validation for what it was worth
What's dead is dead
What's done is done
Watch out friendship wilt in the morning sun
Verse 2
Seven hundred mornings I waited on a text
Curse of an addict wondering what comes next
Thought I was special, like I had a choice
Now I hear the weapon hidden in your voice
You just flip the script so you can clear your slate
Calling it 'pity' so you don't feel the hate
Sympathy for me? Don't make me laugh
You didn't throw a lifeline, you split me in half
You just wanted an altar where you felt adored
And a cheap way out as soon as you got bored
Pre-Chorus
I know I hurt you but you hurt me too
Apologized 1000 times to you
Now the screen goes black and the truth bleeds in
I guess this won you win
Chorus
'Cause you love the worship, but you hate the church
Loved the validation for what it was worth
What's dead is dead
What's done is done
Watch out friendship wilt in the morning sun
Chorus
'Cause you love the worship, but you hate the church
Loved the validation for what it was worth
What's dead is dead
What's done is done
Watch out friendship wilt in the morning sun
The Albatross
Verse 1
There’s a bird on my shoulder that nobody sees
It don’t sing in the morning, don’t ride on the breeze
It’s a weight with a heartbeat, a hush in my chest
Feathered in shadows, it won’t let me rest
I tried naming it “weather,” I tried calling it a “phase”
But it circles forever in tightening ways
Every mile that I wander, it’s already there
Perched quiet and patient, like it’s part of the air
Pre-Chorus
And I laugh just enough so no one can tell
I’m translating heaven through my private hell
Chorus
Oh, the albatross hangs where my halo should be
Every promise I make, it unravels in me
It don’t scream, it don’t fight, it just quietly stays
Turns my nights into oceans, my hours to days
Yeah, I carry it farther than I ever intended
Every hope gets rewritten, every high gets amended
It’s not chains, it’s not loss, it’s not obvious or gross
It’s the silence that follows… it’s the albatross
Verse 2
I’ve been dancing in daylight with a borrowed grin
Like I’m fooling the mirror, like I’m wearing thin skin
Every joke lands a little too close to the bone
Like the punchline’s a place that I’ve already known
People say “it gets better,” like a script I should read
Like the cure is just time if I wait long enough to believe
But time just teaches it new ways to hide
Now it whispers instead of screaming inside
Pre-Chorus
And I nod like I’m healed, like I’m finally free
While it sharpens its beak on the edges of me
Chorus
Oh, the albatross hangs where my halo should be
Every dream that I build gets dismantled in me
It don’t rage, it don’t burn, it just patiently grows
Turns my breath into static, my blood into snow
Yeah, I carry it farther than I ever intended
Every truth gets distorted, every lie gets defended
It’s not loud, it’s not cruel, it’s not something you’d notice—
It’s the weight you inherit… it’s the albatross
Bridge
And I tried to outrun it, I tried letting it go
Threw it into the sea where the dark waters flow
But it rose like a memory I couldn’t erase
And it settled back in like it owned the place
Breakdown (soft, almost spoken)
If I’m honest, I’m tired of pretending it’s small
It’s not just a shadow—it’s shaping it all
Final Chorus
Oh, the albatross hangs where my halo should be
But I’m learning its language, it’s learning from me
And it loosens its grip just a fraction some days
Lets a little more light find its way through the haze
Yeah, I carry it still, but it don’t define motion
I can stand on the shore without fearing the ocean
It’s not gone, it’s not fixed, but it’s finally disclosed—
I’m more than the burden… and the albatross
Outro
There’s a bird on my shoulder, yeah, it’s part of my song
But it don’t get to tell me where I belong
Lights Never Stayed
Verse 1
There’s a chair in the corner
Like it’s waiting for a name
The TV hums a language
That forgot why it came
Pictures on the table
With faces wearing time
I swear I recognize them
But they don’t look like mine
Verse 2
I built my days like houses
On ground that wouldn’t hold
Every door I left half-open
Let the winter in my soul
And I told myself tomorrow
Was a promise not a place
Now it echoes through the hallway
With a stranger’s hollow face
Pre-Chorus
If I ever called it living
I was talking in my sleep
Now the silence has my number
And it doesn’t let it ring
Chorus
And the lights never stayed
They just learned how to fade
Like a sky that forgets
What it’s trying to save
I can hear all the answers
But they don’t belong to me
Just the weight of a life
I never learned to leave
Verse 3
There’s a version of me laughing
In a place I never went
Like a ghost I never noticed
In the money that I spent
Every road I thought was forward
Was a circle wearing thin
Now I’m standing where I started
But I don’t know who I’ve been
Pre-Chorus
And the mirror doesn’t argue
It just watches what I do
Like it’s memorizing someone
It was never meant to lose
Chorus
And the lights never stayed
They just learned how to fade
Like a sky that forgets
What it’s trying to save
I can hear all the answers
But they don’t belong to me
Just the weight of a life
I never learned to leave
Bridge
If regret had a sound
It would sound like this room
Full of words never spoken
Full of nothing that blooms
Outro
There’s a chair in the corner
Like it’s waiting for a name