Midnight Fingerprints

[Verse 1]

Found my anger in the dishes

Stacked and stained by the sink

Your name hid in the coffee grounds

I was scared to even blink

I rehearsed a softer story

One where I was always kind

But the glass above the stove

Shows the shadow that I hide

[Chorus]

It’s my fingerprints

On the broken frame

It’s my quiet shrug

When you said my name

I’ve been blaming every ghost

But the ghost is me

Then I edit them to pleasantries

And file them all away

You were asking for a harbor

I was busy being right

Built a sermon out of silence

Left you shivering in the light

[Chorus]

It’s my fingerprints

On the broken frame

It’s my quiet shrug

When you said my name

I’ve been blaming every ghost

But the ghost is me

Midnight self‑defense

Masquerading as honesty

[Bridge]

I said “this is just my nature”

Like a sentence carved in stone

But I’ve changed my hair a hundred times

To outrun feeling alone

So if I say I cannot help it

So if I say I cannot help it

That’s the smallest kind of lie

I could learn to hold you gently

Or at least to say I tried

[Chorus]

It’s my fingerprints

On the broken frame

It’s my quiet shrug

When you said my name

I’ve been blaming every ghost

But the ghost is me

Midnight self‑defense

Losing all its gravity

If I own the hurt I’ve dealt

Maybe you get free of me