Hollow Man

Hollow Man - is out now! Not gonna lie, this one hurt to write as I just realize it, but sometimes its the best way to process. No genre rules, no label. Subscribe and stay with us. Listen on all major streaming platforms. Follow AnonTheory: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/7vHlhKYcGRk9EmxafG0snN Lyrics There’s a line on the wall for each time I stayed But the ink is invisible, just a debt that I’ve paid I’m the quiet in the kitchen, the shadow on the stairs The one who fixes everything while nobody cares You look right through me to find what you need While I’m stitching the wounds that you left to bleed It’s a cold kind of mercy, being useful and used Just a pillar for a ceiling that’s broken and bruised I learned to be silent, I learned how to hide The parts of the ghost that are screaming inside I’m just the outline carved in the hallway A functional ghost in the frame of this home You didn’t want me, you wanted a doorway To run from the weight of being alone Now the static is screaming, the signal is dead I was a vessel for words never said Just a chore to be managed, a debt to be paid I’m haunting the ruins of the hollow man you made I burned through the miles just to keep you in focus Tracing the lines that you drew in the dirt A lifetime of being the voice in your silence Now I'm the only one feeling the hurt I was the anchor, but you cut the rope Leaving me tethered to nothing but hope The walls started closing, the floor turned to glass I watched the door for a shadow that never would pass A hospital silence, a chair with no weight Now I can see that I’m just a slate For you to write all your burdens and fears While I’m drowning in water you’ve ignored for years I’m just the outline carved in the hallway A functional ghost in the frame of this home You didn’t want me, you wanted a doorway To run from the weight of being alone Now the static is screaming, the signal is dead I was a vessel for words never said Just a chore to be managed, a debt to be paid I’m haunting the ruins of the hollow man you made I’m the foundation you took for granted The structural steel that you let go to rust You didn't plant seeds, you just wanted me planted To hold up a ceiling you filled with your dust I’m not a person, I’m just a procedure A safety net stretched 'til the fibers all tear You only noticed the silence I left you Because there was nobody left to be there I was never the heart I was just the repair I’m just the outline carved in the hallway A functional ghost in the frame of this home You didn’t want me, you wanted a doorway To run from the weight of being alone Now the static is screaming, the signal is dead I was a vessel for words never said Just a chore to be managed, a debt to be paid I’m haunting the ruins of the hollow man you made