Bones

[00:15.83] They died with songs stuck in their throats

[00:21.01] Choking on hope in bloodstained coats

[00:25.27] I smiled as the silence grew

[00:29.68] A captain with no crew

[00:34.21] Their laughter rots in memory's bed

[00:38.72] I play for phantoms, all of them dead

[00:42.98] The wine is dust, the food is mold

[00:47.16] But still I toast, what can’t grow old

[00:51.94] The sea forgets, but I remember

[00:57.17] Every scream’s a silent bird

[01:03.20] Bones don’t cry, but I ache

[01:08.42] Each note I play’s a new heartbreak

[01:13.22] Fifty years with nothing but ghosts

[01:17.47] No skin to touch, no hands to hold

[01:21.66] Laboon, forgive me, I lied to you

[01:26.19] Your ocean waits, but I never came through

[01:30.43] My voice decays in cursed refrain

[01:34.96] A song of rust, regret, and pain

[01:39.72] Let them dance in hell or peace

[01:43.99] I envy those who found release

[01:47.96] I walk, I laugh, I play the fool

[01:52.48] But I am death in a dusty suit

[01:59.51] Bones don’t cry, but I still sing

[02:06.68] For every friend that death did bring

[02:11.20] If love survives beyond the flame

[02:15.45] Then let it curse me in your name

[02:19.71] So carve my song in coffin stone

[02:23.95] A melody for those alone

[02:28.47] Let it haunt the ones who try to laugh

[02:39.09] When all that’s left is well