Nobody Home

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Nobody Home lyrics

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Intro

Ring light on. Green dot blinkin'. Carol City, three a.m., nobody in the room but the count.

Verse 1

Bedroom tripod, ring light burnin' like a small god Scroll the chat, count the heads, never make a sound back Eyes go flat as the Palmetto when the toll back Forty cars deep and the AC just quit Liberty City sunset bleedin' through the split Blinds, she readin' numbers like a doctor read a chart Smile for the lens, let the strangers play a part Face is a foyer with the family moved apart

Pre-chorus

Count keep climbin' but the chest stay cold Watch the little hearts, watch the story get sold Hand on the ring light, hallway in her eyes Somebody be home 'fore the signal dies

Chorus

Lights on, nobody home, nobody home Window lookin' full but the rooms all gone Porch still glowin' for a love that flown Lights on, lights on, nobody home

Verse 2

Opa-Locka quiet where the laughter used to crash Now it's just the fan hum and the steady little cash From a stranger named a number droppin' hearts in the dark Four-forty-one northbound, she ain't seen the park Since the followers became the only family she fed Cold croquetas on a plate and a phone up in the bed Performin' for a room that she can never even see Empty house, full window, that's the new economy

Verse 3

And I'm one to talk, huh, my own light still burnin' Refresh on my own name like the whole world turnin' Said I hate the mirror then I bought a better mirror Nah, that's a lie, I just wanted to be nearer To a somebody, anybody, throw a heart my way Liberty bus stop, watchin' strangers never stay I'm the porch I been describin', I'm the house on the hill Lights on, nobody home, and I left on the bill

Pre-chorus

Count keep climbin' but the floor cavin' in Wave at the camera with a phantom grin Hand on the ring light, hallway in my eyes Somebody be home 'fore the signal dies

Chorus

Lights on, nobody home, nobody, nobody Window lookin' full but the rooms all gone, all gone Porch still glowin' for a love that flown, still glow Lights on, lights on, nobody home

Verse 4

So I unplugged the tripod, let the green dot die Walked out to Miramar where the real ones ride by Lauderhill auntie front porch, actual chairs Actual plates, actual nosey loud cares Logged out the haunt, let the comment section rot Found out I'm a person, not a viewer-count slot The enemy was never them watchin' through the glass It's the version of me beggin' strangers for a clap

Bridge

The family moved out but they left the porch light on Wasn't for the strangers, it was waitin' on the ones who gone A light mean somebody still expectin' you to come back through So I'm leavin' mine on for the kid that I once knew

Verse 5

Lil cousin on the live with the same flat stare Seventy-ninth to Brickell, I done seen it everywhere So I told him put the count down, look me in my face Said a heart from a stranger can't never hold a place At the table where they know how you take your cafecito Be a house with the people still in it, mijo Keep your real lights on, let the fake ones roam Window don't matter when there's somebody home

Pre-chorus

Count don't matter when the real ones call Turn the ring light low, let the false ones fall Hand off the glass, put my eyes on home Somebody's there, I don't stream alone

Chorus

Lights on, somebody home, somebody home Window don't lie when the rooms ain't gone Porch still glowin' and the love came home Lights on, lights on, somebody home

Outro

Lights on... Somebody home.

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