

The receiver cools in my hand
Your last word still hanging there
I count the cracks in the paint
Hallway bulb keeps losing its nerve I keep mine where nobody sees
Your name goes dark on the glass And I forget how to
leave
The carpet smells like rain and dust The stairwell hums through the
wall
I almost call you back again But nothing good would fall
If I move, the floor might answer If I stay,
the silence knows
There is a door inside my chest
Half open, almost closed (ahhhh)
I am under the failing light
Trying not to break tonight
You are gone, but I am here
Holding on to what is clear Let it flicker,
let it fade
I can stand inside the ache
(ooh) The elevator clicks below Someone laughs,
then disappears I press my spine against the door And swallow all
the years I loved you loud inside my head But quiet on
the line
Now every second asks me why I made your ending mine
There is no clean way through goodbye No gentle map for letting
go I turn the dead phone in my palm Like it might
learn to glow Then somewhere under all this hurt A smaller truth
appears I can be alone right now And still be standing here
I am under the failing light
Trying not to break tonight
You are gone, but I am here
Holding on to what is clear Let it flicker,
let it fade
I can stand inside the ache
If the morning finds me changed I will answer to my name
(ooh) The light stays on I let it (ahhhh)