Lyrics

You’re counting pills
I’m counting breaths
White walls buzzing
You just stare past my chest
Your blanket slips
Your fingers shake
I hold them still
Like I can hold your fate

You’re slipping through my fingers
Splinters of you in my skin
I claw at every hour
But the clock keeps caving in
I’d burn my future just to buy you one more day
But I can’t stop your body from giving you away

Your name on charts
A foreign word
They talk in numbers
Like you’re something they observed
I sign the forms
My hands run cold
I’d trade my lungs
If it would fix your bones

You’re slipping through my fingers
Splinters of you in my skin
I claw at every hour
But the clock keeps caving in
I’d burn my future just to buy you one more day
But I can’t stop your body from giving you away

I’m screaming at the ceiling (hey)
It never answers back
Every prayer feels poisoned
Every promise cracks
If love was ever lethal
You’d be standing here
But I’m losing you in slow motion
Year by year

You’re slipping through my fingers
Splinters of you in my skin
I claw at every hour
But the clock keeps caving in
When they close your eyes
They’re taking half of me too
I can’t stop the ending
So I stay and break with