After Dark

Writing a letter to you like you're a foreign pen pal Talking to you like I've never not known you Smiling at you with my heart nailed shut Time-induced-healing has not been enough I swear you'd always need me I swear you'd always see me As the same blood that runs through your veins Don't come looking for me after dark I cannot bear to see your footsteps leading nowhere Roots of the ancient tree have changed I can't make out your face and what you're saying sounds the same Hanging photo examples of golden moments Your memory left in pages I wrote things down Fizzy telephone calls generous to silence Empty spaces and forgotten traces of you I swear you'd always need me I swear you'd always see me As the same blood that runs through your veins Don't come looking for me after dark I cannot bear to see your footsteps leading nowhere Roots of the ancient tree have changed I can't make out your face and what you're saying sounds the same You're not dead to me because you'll never be You're as close to gone as distance will allow Though that might seem fine, you're gone all the time Don't come looking for me after dark I cannot bear to see your footsteps leading nowhere Roots of the family tree are gone It seems so wrong but I can't force someone to change Don't come looking for me after dark Don't come looking for me after dark Don't come looking for me after dark