7 Line – Tomes Technique

[Verse 1]
Woke up in the city, it don’t feel like home
High-rise kingdom but I’m still alone
Streetlights dripping colors on the window glass
Every shadow whispers, dragging up the past
You were a spark, red-blue in the dark
Faded fast but you still left a mark
Memories crash like a subway train
I’m still addicted to the sound of your name

[Pre-Chorus]
Still in your jacket, smells like smoke
Every word you left still sticks in my throat
Every stranger looks a little like you
I keep searching the crowd, but I never break through

[Chorus]
So I ride the 7 line straight to the end
Just to feel something real I don’t have to pretend
Got a scar where your name used to be
But it feels kinda good, feels like I’m free
They say the city heals, but it keeps me undone
Nights under no-star suns
Yeah, they say the city heals, but I’m still that kid
Lost in the noise, don’t know where I fit

[Verse 2]
Saw your brand of cigarettes at the corner store
Bought a pack just to feel what I felt before
Thought I saw you laughing by the bar tonight
But it was just another stranger in the light
I chase ghosts down every block I cross
Halfway found and halfway lost
Every turn just brings me back to you
Like the echo of a song I can’t undo

[Pre-Chorus]
Still in your jacket, smells like smoke
Every word you left still sticks in my throat
Every stranger looks a little like you
I keep searching the crowd, but I never break through

[Bridge]
This ain’t a love song, it’s a memory slip
Two kids burnin’ out but we couldn’t resist
Not angry now, just chasing the high
Of a ghost that I left somewhere back in July