There's nothing here

There is a war inside my mind

But there's nothing here

There are machine guns and grenades and bullets

There are broken bones and abandoned homes

But darling

You are wasting your time looking for something

Because there's nothing here

There are walls of dust and doors of rust

That used to be castles

You call it a ribcage, I call it a shield

To protect my heart

But now there's nothing here to protect

So save your breath for someone who can inhale it

Because there is only empty space

Running through my veins

Leading to my lungs made of ash

I breathed in the smoke of your lies once

And my paper heart caught fire

And now there's nothing here