Michael Malarkey - Holes

In the old city now all the cars have turned brown
And the skyscrapers sway and prepare to fall down
In the evenings we sleepwalk these sidewalks alone
But return to our dim lit rooms and the drone of our bones
And these bodies we know

When we try to leave town we just turn back around
And forget we were trying to leave anyhow
In the mornings we wake to the birth of the light
Forgetting the night
And we go and we work and we talk and we laugh and pretend
And we know we'd rather be alone

So we crave the day that we can escape
But the only way out of this place is too scary
So we stay

These holes in our hearts are like diamonds to some
But to us they're just holes and they'll never go numb
These holes in our hearts are like diamonds to some
But to us they're just holes and they hurt
And they'll never go numb

If I could retrace the deeds in my old trajectory
Maybe then I would be on my way out to sea
But I tried so hard to find something to believe
I just found the gaps and holes and they told me to sow
Where nothing would grow

When our minds fizzle out, when our skin has gone cold
When the oceans run red, when our stories unfold
Then we'll disappear entirely and nobody will know who we were at all
It’s the best way to fall
And return to this world as another and wander this place like a stranger
Wondering why we're here

So we crave the day that we can escape
But the only way out of this place is too scary
So we stay

And these holes in our hearts are like diamonds to some
But to us they're just holes and they'll never go numb
These holes in our hearts are like diamonds to some
But to us they're just holes and they hurt
And they'll never go numb

These holes in our hearts are like diamonds to some
But to us they're just holes and they'll never go numb
These holes in our hearts are like diamonds to some
But to us they're just holes and they hurt
And they'll never go numb