Hollow High

I remember when this thing

Was so fresh and new

I remember when this wasn’t just

Something to do to get through

Something just to get through

I was fifteen, I think

In the woods a few trees deep

Back behind my parent’s house

While they were fast asleep, I took the leap

And the slope of the day seemed less steep

This sweet smoke it pulls me gently

Like a sunlit lullaby

Floats me soundless through this city

I’m a moonless midnight sky

But every night there’s one breath

Where I see it’s a hollow high

A hollow high

A hollow high

And now here we are

And this dark, gilded ride

Has left me on this sofa

So blank and nullified

And emptier, emptier on the inside

I’m a quarter way through

I’m not old but older

And my stroked of blue

Paint on longer and bolder

As time rushes on

I keep writing the same song

This sweet smoke it pulls me gently

Like a sunlit lullaby

Floats me soundless through this city

I’m a moonless midnight sky

But every night there’s one breath

Where I see it’s a hollow high

A hollow high

A hollow high

And it’s so much sadder than it seems

I sleep at night but have no dreams

I sleep at night but it’s no break

Aint so different than when I’m awake