Loop Back

I was a halo, hands clean, soft-spoken
White light, white lies, I'm open
Played safe, so straight, no motion
Till the floor gave way like the ocean

Late night, lost time on the metro
Headphones, loud drums, Chicago
Thought I knew the map, then it glitched out
Now I trace my face in the blackout

Round and around and around I spin
Out of my skin then I crawl back in
Night after night, it's the same old script
But I write new lines when I take that pen

I go light then dark then I loop back, loop back
Fade to black, then I move fast, move fast
I break; I bruise Still I push through
Every time I lose me, I find my truth
I go light then dark then I loop back, loop back
Fade to black, then I move fast, move fast
I break; I bruise Still I push through
Every time I lose me, I find my truth

Street lights flicker on my bad days
Half fate, half fear simmer in the ashtrays
Laugh loud, out proud, but I'm just a ghost
Trying to look past what I miss the most

Chasing halos on the street lights
Burnt out, burned in by the big nights
Every wrong way turn, every dead end
Got me rerouting, rebooting, restarting

Round and around and around I spin
Out of my skin then I crawl back in
Night after night, it's the same old script
But I write new lines when I take that pen

I go light then dark then I loop back, loop back
Fade to black, then I move fast, move fast
I break; I bruise Still I push through
Every time I lose me, I find my truth
I go light then dark then I loop back, loop back
Fade to black, then I move fast, move fast
I break; I bruise Still I push through
Every time I lose me, I find my truth

I've been the saint and the sinner,
the smoke and the mirror
The whisper, the winner,
the glitch in the picture
I run from the dark till it pulls me in nearer
But every time I'm gone, I come back clearer

Round and around and around I spin
Out of my skin then I crawl back in
Night after night, it's the same old script
But I write new lines when I take that pen

I go light then dark then I loop back, loop back
Fade to black, then I move fast, move fast
I break; I bruise Still I push through
Every time I lose me, I find my truth
I go light then dark then I loop back, loop back
Fade to black, then I move fast, move fast
I break; I bruise Still I push through
Every time I lose me, I find my truth