Afterglow On Empty Streets

The buildings shimmer silver and blue

Like the city remembers what we moved through

But the silence doesn't pull me under now

Fading slowly underneath

Every shadow, every light

Still burning through the night

And I keep moving without knowing why

Like the city breathing somewhere inside me

I used to disappear into nights like this

Now I just drift through them quietly awake

No more breaking just to feel alive

Every heartbeat underneath

The city hums, the wires glow

And something in me still won't let go

But it doesn't hurt the way it used to

It just moves through me like midnight rain

Maybe every fire leaves a little light behind

Still alive beneath my feet

Every broken signal line

Every ghost I left behind

And all the nights I thought would swallow me whole