Silent Ascent
I kept the light receipt
Folded inside my coat
Proof that the room was real
Proof that I had to go
The hallway changed its shape
The elevator missed my floor
I heard the lock turn twice
Then I was outside the door
One step, then the street
No need to turn around
The night is keeping time
With every signal sound
I don’t owe the dark a thing
Let it keep what it can’t explain
I don’t owe the dark a thing I’m already moving through the
rain
No return, no second look
No old name left in the book
I don’t owe the dark a thing I’m already moving through the
rain
(moving through the rain)
The corner store is closed But somebody left the sign
A little red electric glow
Still saying I’ll be fine
The traffic finds a rhythm
The crosswalk starts to blink
I leave before the question comes Before I have to think
One step, then the street
No need to turn around
The night is keeping time
With every signal sound
Keep the change
Keep the key
Keep the version You made of me
I don’t owe the dark a thing Let it keep
what it can’t explain
I don’t owe the dark a thing I’m already moving through the
rain No return, no second look
No old name left in the book
I don’t owe the dark a thing I’m already moving through the
rain
(moving through the rain)