Straight Face (Remastered)

[Soft woman humming in background] [Verse 1] Your shoes are still by the doorway Like you just stepped outside I still turn to tell you something Then remember you’re not alive [Voice cracks] Everybody says time heals it Like the wound just disappears But time only teaches silence [ANGRY SCREAM] How to hide the shaking tears [Heavy breath] [Pre-Chorus] So I nod when people ask me Say “I’m doing fine these days” But every word feels like a lie I learned to wear your ghost like chains [Chorus] [Full drums crash in] Cause the pain don’t really fade away It just settles in your bones You learn how to laugh at parties Then cry when you get home You learn how to keep a straight face While your whole world screams inside Smile through conversations While your heart still asks me why And some nights I swear I hear you Calling softly through the dark But grief is just love with nowhere left Nowhere left to go but my heart [Verse 2] I still save your number in my phone Still trace your name sometimes Still replay our last few moments Like I missed some hidden sign People move on around me Like the earth ain’t standing still But the day they closed that casket Is the day time lost its will [Pre-Chorus] So I fold myself together Like somehow I won’t break through But every crowded room gets quiet The second I think of you [Chorus] [Full drums crash in] Cause the pain don’t really fade away It just changes shape somehow Turns into a lump inside your throat You learn to live around You learn how to keep a straight face [Low angry whisper] Even when you wanna scream Like the world kept spinning normally While you drowned inside the dream And some nights I swear I feel you Like shadow drifting through the dark But grief is just love with nowhere left Nowhere left to go but my heart [Bridge] If heaven lets you hear me I hope you know I tried To carry all this emptiness And still survive [Background woman vocal: “fade away…”] But losing you was like losing The language of my soul Now every “I’m okay” I say Just means I miss you more [Final Chorus] No, the pain don’t really fade away You just learn to wear the weight Learn which memories cut deepest Learn which nights you can’t escape You learn how to keep a straight face [Heavy breath] Till you finally break alone And grief is just love still reaching For somebody who’s gone Yeah grief is just love still reaching When it’s got nowhere to go [Woman humming returns softly]