

The receiver cools in my hand
Your last word still hanging there
I count the cracks in the paint
{bare felt piano, room-tone entrance}
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 {close
vocal, brushed percussion enters}
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)
{soft build, synth pad blooms} 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) {widescreen chorus, fragile breathy lift} 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
{piano returns close, percussion thins}
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
{breakdown, breath-led harmonies} 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) {half-step surge, full fragile lift} The light stays on I let
it (ahhhh) {felt piano coda,
glockenspiel farewell}