After the Season Ends
(mmm) The tail lights faded down the gravel lane
Left two clean tire marks in the morning rain
Your coffee mug is sitting on the counter cold
Hardest truth that I was ever told
I hear the refrigerator humming through the wall
No boots upon the rug,
no footsteps in the hall
Just the quiet
closing in
And it’s heavy,
it’s still
Like a stone at the bottom of a frozen hill
We didn’t break the glass,
we didn’t scream or fight Just shut the door
and turned out every light (oh,
every light)
Your half of the closet is an open space
Smells like cedar wood and what we can’t replace
I tried to breathe without making a sound
Afraid the walls might come tumbling down
And it’s heavy,
it’s still
Like a stone at the bottom of a frozen hill
We didn’t break the glass,
we didn’t scream or fight Just shut the door
and turned out every light (turned out the light)
Nobody warns you ’bout the hollow air
The weight of having
nothing left to share (ahhhh)
Just the quiet now
Just the quiet (hmmm)