No Longer There
single
No Longer There
The bridge is where STAB earns it: the arrangement pulls back to something close to just piano and voice, and when the final chorus hits back in D major at a steady mid-tempo pulse, the line ‘reaching for something that’s no longer there’ lands with real weight. The production keeps things clean without going sterile, and the vocal sits forward enough that you catch every shade of the performance. This is STAB’s more introspective side, closer to early Sheryl Crow than The Runaways, but the craft is there.
Lyrics
I'm staring at the ceiling again Counting all the shadows like they're my only friends You said you'd call but the phone is cold Just another story that's already been told
And I'm falling through the cracks of time Trying to make a reason out of every rhyme You're the ghost in the hallway, the chill in the air I'm reaching for something that's no longer there (no longer there)
Found your picture in a dusty drawer I don't even know what I'm looking for anymore The colors are fading, the edges are torn Like a summer day that's weathered the storm
And I'm falling through the cracks of time Trying to make a reason out of every rhyme You're the ghost in the hallway, the chill in the air I'm reaching for something that's no longer there (no longer there)
Maybe I'm better off on my own Building a kingdom on a broken throne But the silence is loud and the walls are thin I don't know where to start or where to begin
And I'm falling through the cracks of time Trying to make a reason out of every rhyme You're the ghost in the hallway, the chill in the air I'm reaching for something that's no longer there (no longer there)
Credits
Songwriter: Michael Anthony Rose