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Numb

  1. **NUMB*
  2.  
  3.  
  4. Intro (whisper)
  5.  
  6. Cold room, colder skin
  7.  
  8. Lights buzz like a hymn
  9.  
  10.  
  11. Verse 1
  12.  
  13. I been floatin' through my bones, anesthetized, slow
  14.  
  15. Smile stitched on tight, pretend the pain don't show
  16.  
  17. Phone glow like a moon that don't know my name
  18.  
  19. Messages like ghosts, all sound and no flame
  20.  
  21. Tried to pray it out but my prayers turned thin
  22.  
  23. Tried to feel the world, the world just folded in
  24.  
  25. Mirror keeps askin', who left me in the snow?
  26.  
  27. I don't know, I don't know, I don't know
  28.  
  29.  
  30. Pre Chorus (soft)
  31.  
  32. Every night a river of ghosts on my floor
  33.  
  34. I keep count of nothing, keep knockin' on a closed door
  35.  
  36.  
  37. Chorus (hook)
  38.  
  39. Numb, numb —heartbeat turned to static
  40.  
  41. Numb, numb —holy sound automatic
  42.  
  43. Numb, numb —hollow in the places that used to love me
  44.  
  45. Numb echoes, call me out but nothing touches
  46.  
  47.  
  48. Verse 2 (low, urgent)
  49.  
  50. Dreams feel like elevators that never go up
  51.  
  52. Smoke fills the cabin, can't find the button to stop
  53.  
  54. Laughin' in the dark to drown the tiny screams
  55.  
  56. I trade my heart for silence, trade my scars for dreams
  57.  
  58. People talk like light, but they're just distant lamps
  59.  
  60. I walk through crowds like I'm sleepin' in my stance
  61.  
  62. Wanna break but my hands won't break the glass
  63.  
  64. Everything moves fast, but I'm stuck in the past
  65.  
  66.  
  67. Pre Chorus (building)
  68.  
  69. Tried to let a fire in, it froze on the first breath
  70.  
  71. Tried to say I'm lonely, the silence answered death
  72.  
  73.  
  74. Chorus (hook)
  75.  
  76. Numb, numb —heartbeat turned to static
  77.  
  78. Numb, numb —holy sound automatic
  79.  
  80. Numb, numb —hollow in the places that used to love me
  81.  
  82. Numb echoes, call me out but nothing touches
  83.  
  84.  
  85. Bridge (half whisper /half scream)
  86.  
  87. Say my name like a key —it don't fit no more
  88.  
  89. My angels left the building, left a note on the door
  90.  
  91. I scream into the pillow, the pillow eats my cry
  92.  
  93. Sky looks like a bruise, I don't wanna know why
  94.  
  95.  
  96. Breakdown (soft then loud)
  97.  
  98. Soft: I float —no anchor, no chain
  99.  
  100. Loud: I CHOKE —on blessings, on pain
  101.  
  102. Soft: I beg —for warmth in my chest
  103.  
  104. Loud: I BREAK —on the edges of my best
  105.  
  106.  
  107. Chorus (final)
  108.  
  109. Numb, numb —heartbeat turned to static
  110.  
  111. Numb, numb —holy sound automatic
  112.  
  113. Numb, numb —hollow in the places that used to love me
  114.  
  115. Numb echoes, call me out but nothing touches
  116.  
  117.  
  118. Outro (fading)
  119.  
  120. Lights hum like a prayer I can't respond to
  121.  
  122. If silence is a kingdom, I'm already gone to
  123.  
  124. Numb echoes, keep me from the fall
  125.  
  126. If feeling is a danger, I choose to feel nothing at all.

Lyrics added by LilWRLDPain

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