Hollow Light

Verse

In the night that leans in like it knows my name, shadows trace the parts of me I never tamed

as I breathe slow, the silence cutting deep

with every thought a river I can’t keep,

Chorus

and though I try to outrun the echo that follows wherever I go,

I fade in this hollow light, half here and half letting go,

wondering if I slipped into the dark tonight

whether you’d pull me back or let me slide into that hollow glow;

Verse

I walk the line between fear and desire

with cold hands pressed to a flickering fire,

not lost but not quite found,

just a quiet pulse beneath the sound,

and maybe I’m meant to break a little or bend

as I grow tired of dancing in circles with ghosts I call my friends,

Chorus

still fading slow in this hollow light, half of me here and half letting go,

hoping that if I disappear into the dark tonight,

someone might pull me back instead of letting me slide into the hollow light.