No One's Around

No one's around to listen in The dark breathes hard upon my skin I see this as reckoning Something must change within City rises as a fog On my window when lights are off I cocoon myself a shell No one will help you if you don't help yourself I go out in black attire Dip my head with a smile Give a performance worth their while, still You don't have to say that I owe them debts, I must collect I collect I coalesce I read the books, I know enough It's bittersweet how I know so much In light that I'd never stop This way of life, no, I won't give habits up Tried to be still when up split the dawn These days I sleep with no curtains drawn To my chest, I hold a box It tumbles as I fall This heart so culpable I go out in black attire Dip my head with a smile Give a performance worth their while, still You don't have to say that I owe them debts, I must collect I collect I coalesce