"Darkroom" lyrics
(feat. The Antlers)
I learned to be a human
From behind the one-way glass
Perfect class
I never had to touch a thing
Just give a tap
Watched you living life so fast
While I stayed sat and
I couldn't tell you
Which side the trap was
Only that I followed every after
Only that I lived for your reaction
Only that you kept changing the password
What I wouldn't do for you
To let me be the answer
In the darkroom
I develop
Oh the chemicals
Will work
If I just let em
In the red I
Look like the devil
I'd do anything
To get onto
Your level
I like the dark
It's the way that I feel
I like the smoke
It's the way that I heal
I like to sit back and pretend
I never met you
But it doesn't feel real
I'm still carrying the faces
That you couldn't conceal
There's a
Before and after you
Splitting my years
How does it feel
To be a Christlike figure
Guess you figured
Guess you knew exactly
What it meant
You got the picture
Guess that's what
You saw in me
You needed someone sicker
In the darkroom
I develop
Oh the chemicals
Will work
If I just let em
In the red I
Look like the devil
I'd do anything
To get onto
Your level
I kept it pushing
When you pulled away
I kept it moving
When you couldn't
Find the words to say
I kept every piece of
The life that you imprinted
There was nothing left of me
I'm still bleeding out all your ink
And I don't want you back
There is no back
I'm still here
You turned the corner
I hold your place like a dog ear
I want to warn her
The child that I was that year
You met me
I reach for myself
And come back empty
In the darkroom
I develop
Oh the chemicals
Will work
If I just let em
In the red I
Look like the devil
I'd do anything
To get onto
Your level
Every evening
I'm no better
I am shrinking
Just to capture
Your impression
You look clearer
In my edit
I am proof of
All the light
Inside the negative
From behind the one-way glass
Perfect class
I never had to touch a thing
Just give a tap
Watched you living life so fast
While I stayed sat and
I couldn't tell you
Which side the trap was
Only that I followed every after
Only that I lived for your reaction
Only that you kept changing the password
What I wouldn't do for you
To let me be the answer
In the darkroom
I develop
Oh the chemicals
Will work
If I just let em
In the red I
Look like the devil
I'd do anything
To get onto
Your level
I like the dark
It's the way that I feel
I like the smoke
It's the way that I heal
I like to sit back and pretend
I never met you
But it doesn't feel real
I'm still carrying the faces
That you couldn't conceal
There's a
Before and after you
Splitting my years
How does it feel
To be a Christlike figure
Guess you figured
Guess you knew exactly
What it meant
You got the picture
Guess that's what
You saw in me
You needed someone sicker
In the darkroom
I develop
Oh the chemicals
Will work
If I just let em
In the red I
Look like the devil
I'd do anything
To get onto
Your level
I kept it pushing
When you pulled away
I kept it moving
When you couldn't
Find the words to say
I kept every piece of
The life that you imprinted
There was nothing left of me
I'm still bleeding out all your ink
And I don't want you back
There is no back
I'm still here
You turned the corner
I hold your place like a dog ear
I want to warn her
The child that I was that year
You met me
I reach for myself
And come back empty
In the darkroom
I develop
Oh the chemicals
Will work
If I just let em
In the red I
Look like the devil
I'd do anything
To get onto
Your level
Every evening
I'm no better
I am shrinking
Just to capture
Your impression
You look clearer
In my edit
I am proof of
All the light
Inside the negative
