[Verse 1]
Bare feet on the motel tile
Ceiling stain looks just like me
Ashtray full of almost-quit
Static in the cracked TV
I scroll through my own mistakes
Like they’re someone else’s feed
Every promise that I broke
Is the only thing I read
[Pre-Chorus]
I’ve been chasing every exit sign
Burning out the back of my eyes
If I disappear in plain sight
Would anybody realize
[Chorus]
These deadlights
Stare me down in the dark
They don’t blink
They don’t care who you are
I’ve been driving through the glow
Till I can’t tell right from wrong
Deadlights
Dragging me along
(yeah, dragging me along)
[Verse 2]
ID on the bathroom sink
Old name I don’t claim now
Heartbeat in a paper cup
Shakes when I break down
Friends say I should “open up”
They don’t see the rusted lock
Every time I spill a truth
It just stains another sock
[Pre-Chorus]
I’ve been dreaming with the screen on
Numb thumbs, bloodshot dawn
If I vanish in the blue light
Would anybody notice I’m gone
[Chorus]
These deadlights
Stare me down in the dark
They don’t blink
They don’t care who you are
I’ve been driving through the glow
Till I can’t tell right from wrong
Deadlights
Dragging me along
(oh, dragging me along)
[Bridge]
Yeah, I talk tough, act fine
Laugh hard, flatline
Wear a mask so long
It rewrote my face
Every “I’m good” text
Is a white-knuckled flex
I’m a car crash prayer
In the slow lane
[Chorus]
These deadlights
Stare me down in the dark
They don’t blink
They don’t care who you are
I’ve been driving through the glow
Till I can’t tell right from wrong
Deadlights
If I cut the power, am I gone?
Deadlights
Will you miss me when I’m gone?