Hollow Strings
LYRICS
Verse 1
There’s dust on the case where my old guitar sleeps
I pull it out slow, like I’m waking a dream
Every chord I play feels like paper and fire
A sound for the things I can’t name but desire
Pre-Chorus
Your name’s still carved in the neck I hold
Every note I play still feels like home
Chorus
These hollow strings know more than I’ll say
They bend and they break in the same kind of way
Every sound’s a truth I can’t outrun
Like a ghost in the wood, you’re in every one
And I bleed when I sing through these hollow strings
Verse 2
The room is still, just the sound and my hands
And the weight of the silence I can’t understand
If love had a key, I must’ve lost it in time
Now it’s all minor chords and the words don’t rhyme
Pre-Chorus
Every song I write pulls you back to me
Like the tide on the shore, it’s just meant to be
Chorus
These hollow strings know more than I’ll say
They bend and they break in the same kind of way
Every sound’s a truth I can’t outrun
Like a ghost in the wood, you’re in every one
And I bleed when I sing through these hollow strings
Bridge
If I could cut ‘em loose, maybe I’d be free
But these wires hold the pieces of what’s left of me
And when the last note dies, I’ll still hear you ring
In the quiet that follows my hollow strings
Final Chorus
These hollow strings know more than I’ll say
They bend and they break in the same kind of way
Every sound’s a truth I can’t outrun
Like a ghost in the wood, you’re in every one
And I bleed when I sing through these hollow strings
Outro
There’s dust on the case where my old guitar sleeps
But tonight, it’s the only voice left in me