[Verse 1]
Dust danced slow in the curtain light
Faded shadows drifted through the night
He learned the world through a crack in the wall
Seasons grew cold... no voice at all
Footsteps faded like passing trains
Thunder rattled every fragile frame
Every prayer pulled thin as wire
Quiet hearts don’t start fires

[Pre-Chorus]
But somewhere beneath the floorboards deep
A dying spark refused to sleep

[Chorus]
So he lit the dark like a signal fire
Smoke through the keyhole climbing higher
Ashes rising where his silence stood
Burning the cage of splintered wood
And the sirens cried through the midnight sea
For the first time, somebody came for me

[Instrumental Break]

[Low cello swell]

[Distant siren-like synth]

[NO VOCALS]

[Verse 2]
The window watched with a hollow stare
Moonlight tangled in his weary hair
Twenty winters in a borrowed tomb
Counting cracks across the room
Every hour stacked brick by brick
Every heartbeat made him sick
Fear can wither, fear can bloom
Till freedom smells like smoke in the room

[Pre-Chorus]
One match trembling in his hand
Like a lighthouse burning through the sand

[Chorus]
So he lit the dark like a signal fire
Smoke through the keyhole climbing higher
Ashes rising where his silence stood
Burning the cage of splintered wood
And the sirens cried through the midnight sea
For the first time, somebody came for me

[Bridge]
Not every flame was born to destroy
Some fires open doors for forgotten boys
Somewhere beyond that flashing glow
A soul stepped free from the undertow

[Breakdown]

[Heartbeat kick drum]

[Crackling ambience]

[Vocal layered whispers]
Let me out...
Let me breathe...
Let me find what’s left of me...

[Final Chorus]
He lit the dark like the morning sun
Left his prison where the smoke had run
And the sky turned gold through the freezing blue
Like heaven finally breaking through
And the sirens cried through the midnight sea
For the first time... somebody saw me

[Outro]
[Soft vocables]
Ooooh... ahhh...
Smoke through the keyhole...
Smoke through the keyhole...