No Vacancy

I built a house out of nowhere

On the edge of a dying road

Painted the walls with promises

Said we’re safe if we don’t let go

I buried the past in the backyard dirt

Told myself it couldn’t bleed

Every sin I wrapped in white

Called it love, called it need

They said the world would chew you up

I said the world won’t touch my son

If monsters knock, I’ll answer first

I’ll do what has to be done

Lock the doors, kill the lights

If we stay close we’ll be alright

They don’t see what I can see

They don’t hear you cry to me

This motel is a coffin with the lights still on

A little heaven where the truth goes wrong

They might say it’s psycho — but I know what I built

A safe place made out of love and guilt

This motel keeps the cold outside

But every room is a place to hide

If the world burns down, we won’t run

I’ll die here before I lose my son

I learned real early how to smile

With my hands around a knife

If I lie enough it sounds like prayer

If I fight it looks like life

They say you’re sick, they say you’re lost

They say I should let you go

But I’ve seen what waits beyond these walls

And I won’t let you go alone

Say I’m wrong, say I’m cruel

Say I broke every rule

I gave everything I had

If that’s crazy, I’m glad

This motel is a shrine to broken vows

Where I swear I can still save us now

They might say it’s psycho — they don’t understand

I held the world back with my bare hands

This motel breathes like a dying dream

Gas in the walls, lullabies in the seams

If loving you is the final sin

Then lock the doors and let it in

I DID EVERYTHING RIGHT

I KEPT YOU ALIVE

I TOOK EVERY HIT

SO YOU COULD SURVIVE

CALL ME SICK

CALL ME WRONG

I WAS YOUR HOME

ALL ALONG

Lie with me

Just one more night

If I close my eyes it feels alright

Sing it slow

Don’t wake me up

If I disappear, it’s out of love

This motel is the end of the line

Where a mother turns into a sign

They might say it’s psycho — they’ll say insane

But love like this rewrites pain

This motel — let the silence stay

If I fade, don’t look away

If I’m gone, remember this

I chose you over everything

We’re together

Nothing bad can happen now