Lyric

I came in after midnight

With my sleeves still wet

The automatic doors opened

Like they knew me again

White tiles, white light

Cold drink, low price

A girl by the freezer

Would not meet my eyes

I carried your silence

In the back of my mouth

Like a receipt I forgot

But could not throw out

Nothing was holy

Nothing was kind

Just milk in the cooler

And a clock out of time

But the ceiling was burning

So clean, so wide

For one little second

I stood inside

Convenience Store Halo

Over my head

Cheap white circle

Keeping me fed

Convenience Store Halo

Cold and low

I wasn’t saved

But I didn’t go home

I bought something sweet

I bought something bright

I bought one more reason

To survive the night

I walked every aisle

Like a sentence too long

Canned coffee, cut fruit

A song I almost knew on

The cashier said nothing

I loved him for that

No questions, no mercy

Just a bag and a stamp

Your text was still missing

My phone stayed black

So I turned it face down

By the gum and the snacks

Nothing was healing

Nothing was new

Just sugar and plastic

And my reflection in blue

But the light made my hands

Look less like a crime

So I stayed by the window

And borrowed more time

Convenience Store Halo

Over my head

Cheap white circle

Keeping me fed

Convenience Store Halo

Cold and low

I wasn’t saved

But I didn’t go home

I bought something sweet

I bought something bright

I bought one more reason

To survive the night

Then your name lit up

Too late, too small

One line on the screen

No love in it at all

“Are you awake?”

That was all you sent

And still my whole body

Went soft where it bent

I laughed in the corner

By the paper cups

Because even a wound

Can mistake being touched

I could have left it

I could have stayed clean

I could have let morning

Come in between

But I typed back, “Yeah”

Like opening a vein

Under white store lighting

In beautiful shame

The freezer kept humming

The clerk changed the roll

Somewhere in the city

I handed you control

Convenience Store Halo

Over my head

Cheap white circle

Keeping me fed

Convenience Store Halo

Cold and low

I wasn’t saved

But I still didn’t go

I bought something sweet

I bought something bright

I bought one more lie

For the rest of the night

The doors opened again

The bag cut my hand

Dawn looked ordinary

On the wet black land

You said, “Come over”

I said, “I know”

And walked out wearing

That cheap white glow