**[Verse 1]** If these walls could talk, I’d talk right back, Argue till the lights go out, fade to black. Jack don’t numb me like he used to do— Jackie Boy, Jackie Boy, point me to the exit, too. Show me peace, show me grief, show me what it costs To breathe through a life that already feels lost. Too early to see, too late to retreat, So the ship cuts water headed straight for defeat. I try to stay aboard, But when it rains, it pours. I drink the captain’s bottle Till I wake up on the shore. --- **[Pre-Chorus]** Don’t tell me how to live, I memorized this hell. I didn’t think the devil had an army Till the angels fell. --- **[Chorus]** Sunny places for shady people, Gold teeth smiles and venom tongues. You either breathe here or you suffocate— There’s no clean way out, there’s no one to trust. Sunny places for shady people, Palm trees hiding shallow graves. Say you love me, say you need me, Then disappear into the shade. --- **[Verse 2]** Wake up— I see you now. All borrowed strength, hand-me-down crowns. One more word, don’t push your luck, I’m not afraid of stolen power, I’ve seen enough. Holes in my heart like holes in my liver, Funny how the less she takes, the more I give her. Never the winner, always the stranger, You hate me for who I was—ignore who I became. --- **[Pre-Chorus 2]** I keep my feelings locked in glass, Fort Knox with a see-through past. I don’t see roads, I see regrets, I see what’s coming and do nothing yet. --- **[Chorus]** Sunny places for shady people, Cheap forgiveness, expensive lies. You burn me slow, then ask me why I don’t look you in the eyes. Sunny places for shady people, Warmth that rots you from the bone. Everyone’s surrounded by bodies And calling it “finding home.” --- **[Bridge – spoken / half-sung]** No lesson learned. No victory lap. I never put the fire out— I just watched it spread. Message in a bottle, Thrown against the tide. There’s no return to sender For the parts of me you took and never tried to hide. I fill the flask up, Still can’t get past us. I stand in the storm, stand tall, But I don’t stand back up. --- **[Breakdown]** When there’s nothing left to hold, You’d rather sink than swim. Call it fate, call it gravity— I call it choosing this again. --- **[Final Chorus]** Sunny places for shady people, Eyes on fire, spine in flames. I fell every foe with a look alone, Still feel nothing when they say my name. Sunny places for shady people, Say goodbye—no more hellos. I set it all on fire myself, Guess that’s just how the story goes. --- **[Outro]** Turn the page. Let it fade. Watch it rot in perfect light. Desolate.

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