Whispered: Come closer... don’t let the light go out.

Verse 1

Cold hands carve circles in my chest, in a hollow corridor,

You trace the seams of me like rust on metal, slow and syllable.

Your shadow folds into my bones, a bitter kind of grace,

I keep a photograph of us with the edges turned to lace.

(Backing hum, mournful)

Harm: ooh—ooh...

Pre-Chorus 

I wear your name like a bruise I can't deny,

Pull me deeper, pull me under, don't teach me how to fly.

Chorus 

Don't let me wither, don't let this full bloom decay,

Hold the lantern to the ruin, don't let the dark have sway.

Lead: stay—stay—stay

Harm: (stay with me) — stay with me

Verse 2

Your breath is a slow eraser scraping lines I drew,

Every lie a lullaby that only drowns the truth.

We trade our mornings for a bottle necklace of remorse,

I follow your small heartbeat like a crooked, faithful force.

(Backing hum, descending)

Harm: ahh—ahh...

Pre-Chorus 

If love is as empty, let us live inside the sound,

If love is the wreckage, let us plant our feet into the ground.

Chorus 

Don't let me wither, don't let this full bloom decay,

Keep the flame against the glass, don't let the night betray.

Lead: hold—hold—hold

Harm: (hold me close) — hold me close

Bridge 

We carve our names on the underside of storms,

Collect the broken sparks, count them as thorns.

There’s a cold that knows our names and whispers them at dawn,

I’ll trade my sleep to keep your silhouette from moving on.

Harm: days and graves and hollow bones...

Guitar Solo 

Breakdown 

This love is a full bloom in the ash, it keeps on growing,

Roots through denim, roots through bone, crooked and unknowing.

If the sun forgets our faces, we'll be lanterns in the rain,

If the world forgets the word for mercy, we'll invent it again.

Harm: mm—mm—mm...

Final Chorus 

Don't let me wither, don't let this full bloom decay,

Keep the flame, keep the scar, keep the promise that you made.

Lead: don’t walk away—

Harm: (don’t walk away) — don’t walk away...

Outro 

Whispered: Stay... let the full bloom keep burning slow.

Harm (faint): ooh—ooh—ooh...