(no vacancy)
(midnight flicker)

Vacancy sign buzzing red
Like it knows what’s in my head
Paint peeling off the truth
Keys still shaking when I move

Curtains breathe with passing cars
Neon bleeding through the scars
Walls got stories they don’t tell
Just cheap perfume and motel hell

Every mirror lies just right
Tells me I’m okay tonight

This gaslight motel makes liars feel clean
Paints over cracks nobody’s supposed to see
Every room’s got a version of me
That swears this isn’t where I’ll be
I check in just to feel control
Then check out feeling twice as cold
Yeah I keep myself convinced I’m well
In this gaslight motel

Hallway hums like it’s alive
Every door got someone hiding inside
I hear laughter through the walls
Or maybe that’s my conscience calling

I tell myself it’s just one night
Just somewhere to kill the time
But I’ve been here before somehow
Same excuses, different town

I rehearse the lie again
Till I almost believe it then

This gaslight motel makes liars feel clean
Paints over cracks nobody’s supposed to see
Every room’s got a version of me
That swears this isn’t where I’ll be
I check in just to feel control
Then check out feeling twice as cold
Yeah I keep myself convinced I’m well
In this gaslight motel

Maybe comfort’s just another trap
When you numb yourself enough to relax
If I stay too long, I’ll disappear
Become another ghost that lingers here

I don’t sleep, I just shut down
Wait for daylight to bail me out
But the sun don’t save you from yourself
It just shows what you couldn’t tell

This gaslight motel, it lies for me
Tells me I’m fine when I’m barely breathing
Every room’s got a version of me
That says this is all I’ll ever be
I swipe the card, I lock the door
Tell myself I don’t need more
Yeah I keep myself convinced I’m well
In this gaslight motel

(no vacancy)
(checking out… checking in…)