Hollow Bones Keep Swingin' 2 (Version 2)

Verse

Six a.m. in the empty room

Sweat still on the collar of my old denim shirt

You left me here with nothing but your breath and a cigarette burning down

I smoked it slow while I watched you drive away

Hoping that the engine hum would be the only sound I'd hear for days

But the street is quiet now, just a few stars fading in the gray

And the hollow in my chest keeps swaying like it's still swinging to our song

Pre-Chorus

Why do we love watching things burn down?

Is this really how we grow?

Maybe not to ashes, but at least to gold

Or maybe I'm just waiting for someone to turn back around

Chorus

Hollow bones keep swingin

Hollow bones keep swingin

We're dancing in the dark with the lights still turned off on our feet

Every step we take is a step away from where we used to meet

I don't know what tomorrow holds or if it'll break us whole again

But I do know one thing for certain: hollow bones keep swingin

Hollow bones keep swingin

Hollow bones keep swingin

So here's my hand and the pulse of our old two-step song

We may be broken, but at least we're still turning round

Verse

Four years later in a different town

I'm wearing your favorite watch on my wrist now

The hands move slow like it's still counting down the days

But time has a funny way of twisting out what it takes

You're dancing with someone new by the barlight shining bright

I'm sipping whiskey, trying to remember our old fights

I never thought I'd say this, but maybe goodbyes are right

Maybe losing you was just the beginning of something that feels right

Pre-Chorus

Why do we love watching things burn down?

Is this really how we grow?

Maybe not to ashes, but at least to gold

Or maybe I'm just waiting for someone to turn back around

Chorus

Hollow bones keep swingin

Hollow bones keep swingin

We're dancing in the dark with the lights still turned off on our feet

Every step we take is a step away from where we used to meet

I don't know what tomorrow holds or if it'll break us whole again

But I do know one thing for certain: hollow bones keep swingin

Hollow bones keep swingin

Hollow bones keep swingin

So here's my hand and the pulse of our old two-step song

We may be broken, but at least we're still turning round

Bridge

Every goodbye was just a new kind of hello

I never thought I'd say this, but losing you made me whole

Maybe hearts don't break clean through, maybe they just crack the light in

And now your shadow's dancing on my wall again

Not with you, not by yourself, but with someone brand new

But still it feels like we're swinging together like we used to do

Chorus

Hollow bones keep swingin

Hollow bones keep swingin

We're dancing in the dark with the lights still turned off on our feet

Every step we take is a step away from where we used to meet

I don't know what tomorrow holds or if it'll break us whole again

But I do know one thing for certain: hollow bones keep swingin

Hollow bones keep swingin

Hollow bones keep swingin