Silent Staircases

{intimate fingerpicked

acoustic guitar intro, delicate room ambience} (hummmmm) {subtle pedal steel swell} Dinner

at five, eating all alone

TV static

is the only sound at home

Drawing spaceships on the bedroom floor Waiting for a knock upon the

door

{soft fingerpicked pattern continues}

Oh,

the backyard is an empty sea Sailing all alone with just a

memory (ooh-ooh)

Building castles out of dust and clay

Wishing

someone else

would come and play

{soft brushed snare enters,

strings swell gently} Hand-me-down shoes on the gravel driveway

Watching all the families on the highway

Talking to the shadows on the wall

Learning how to stand up when you fall {acoustic guitar with light

electric guitar embellishments} And the years they go by like a train

Standing outside in the cold autumn rain (ahhhh)

{crying pedal steel solo,

building

intensity}

Oh, the backyard is an empty sea

Sailing all alone with just a memory

Building castles out of dust and clay

Wishing someone else would come and play {full acoustic band arrangement,

soaring strings}

Just a memory

(ooh-ooh) Come and play

{drums drop out, single

guitar fades, final room creak}