After The Bell

After the bell

when the noise fell out

yeah

Fluorescent lights humming on the second floor two shadows by the stairwell

tryna be ignored You drew moons on your paper I drew locks

on mine

both of us were hiding in the open all the time

Lunch trays, cold fries winter on the glass we laughed like little

rebels while the world walked past You had thunder in your quiet

I had smoke in my chest we never named the hurting but

we knew it by breath

Back then pain had no language so we dressed it up in

jokes

made a home out of corners where nobody looked close

After the bell when the crowd disappeared we stayed a little longer

with our shadows and fears After the bell when the daylight turned

thin you felt like a place I could almost be in After

the bell I still hear that sound not calling me back just

turning me around

After the bell I remember it clear two souls in the static

tryna vanish right here Bleachers after sunset bus lights on the street

everybody had a circle we had cracks beneath our feet You smiled

like a secret I breathed like a lie both of us were

fluent in the art of getting by I wish I paid attention

to the weight inside your stare I was busy acting bulletproof like

I didn’t care Now certain little places still pull me from the

blue not because I’m stuck there but they still sound like you

Back then love had no label it was softer than a name

just two hearts in survival sharing heat beside the flame

After the bell when the crowd disappeared we stayed a little longer

with our shadows and fears

After the bell when the daylight turned thin you felt like a

place I could almost be in After the bell I still hear

that sound not calling me back just turning me around After the

bell I remember it clear two souls in the static tryna vanish

right here

No blame on the silence

no crown for the pain

some people become weather you still feel when it rains

No need for an ending

no need for a sign

some rooms never leave you they just soften with time

After the bell when the crowd disappeared we stayed a little longer

with our shadows and fears After the bell I can lay it

down now thank you for the quiet when the world got loud

After the bell I remember it clear two souls in the static

tryna make it through here

After the bell

when the noise fell out