Aisles of Quiet Lives

[Verse 1] Midnight carts on silent wheels Echo through the empty aisles Faces drift by with restless dreams Wearing tired, familiar smiles Buying bread for one more night Passing ghosts in grocery light Fluorescent stars above us glow With all the things we never show [Pre-Chorus] Eyes that meet then look away Maybe we've met in other lives Maybe we carry the same ache Under different quiet lights [Chorus] We're just ghosts in grocery light Drifting by at half past night Names unknown, but hearts the same In the cold and humming frame We're just stories passing through Me and them and maybe you In the aisles of quiet lives We exist, then we divide [Verse 2] Checkout lanes with borders drawn Between the living and the gone Barcode beeps a steady truth Every second slips along Everybody's got a list Everybody's got their ache Somewhere between the paper towels And the smiles we have to fake [Pre-Chorus] Eyes that meet then look away Maybe we've met in other lives Maybe we carry the same ache Under different quiet lights [Chorus] We're just ghosts in grocery light Drifting by at half past night Names unknown, but hearts the same In the cold and humming frame We're just stories passing through Me and them and maybe you In the aisles of quiet lives We exist, then we divide [Bridge] Is this all we ever are Passing shadows after dark Filling up what won't remain Trying not to feel the same [Final Chorus] We're just ghosts in grocery light Drifting by at half past night Names unknown, but hearts the same In the cold and humming frame We're just stories passing through Me and them and maybe you In the aisles of quiet lives We exist, then we divide