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Before the Lights Come Back

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[Intro]
The whole block went dark about a minute ago
Just me and you and crickets nobody told to be quiet

[Verse 1]
The porch bulb died and the fridge hum quit
Every streetlight down the block just went out like that
The warm air's still hanging on your skin
And I can't see your face, so maybe now I can begin

[Pre-Chorus]
I've had all summer and I never found the nerve
Now the grid could wake up and take back every word

[Chorus]
So I'll say it before the lights come back on
I'm the one who got it wrong
I let you wait in the quiet way too long
Say it before the lights come back on

[Verse 2]
For months I rehearsed it in the glare
But the truth won't come when there's a room that stares
Now there's nothing but the dark to hold my sound
And I'm sorry, that's the word I couldn't say when you were around

[Pre-Chorus]
Any second now the power hums awake
And I lose the only courage that the darkness gave

[Chorus]
So I'll say it before the lights come back on
I'm the one who got it wrong
I let you wait in the quiet way too long
Say it before the lights come back on

[Bridge]
I can hear you breathing, that's enough
Don't let the neon come and cut me off
One more word before we're seen

[Final Chorus]
So I'll say it before the lights come back on
I'm the one who got it wrong
I let you wait in the quiet way too long
Say it before the lights come back on

[Outro]
And there they go, flickering back down the street
Too late to take it back, and I don't want to

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