Leave the Light On

Lyrics

[Verse 1] The kettle clicks in the rented room Your coat is still on the kitchen chair I count the tiles from one to two Then lose the number standing there [Pre-Chorus] You said, “Give it time,” Like time was something I could hold But every minute changes shape When I'm alone [Chorus] Midnight, and I still know your door By the chipped blue paint and the uneven floor Midnight, I can hear that old train Pulling every almost-word through the windowpane If you come back, come back honest If you leave, leave the light on Midnight, I am learning How to carry what is gone [Verse 2] The grocery list beneath a magnet Says lemons, soap, and call your sister I cross out nothing, let it happen Let the paper keep the picture [Pre-Chorus] Your name lights up my phone Then disappears before I turn Some lessons arrive quietly Some lessons burn [Chorus] Midnight, and I still know your door By the chipped blue paint and the uneven floor Midnight, I can hear that old train Pulling every almost-word through the windowpane If you come back, come back honest If you leave, leave the light on Midnight, I am learning How to carry what is gone [Bridge] I won't make a shrine of the silence I won't call the ache a sign Tomorrow I'll wash the blue cup And give the morning back its time [Final Chorus] Midnight, I don't need your door Or the chipped blue paint or the uneven floor Midnight, let the old train pass Taking all the almosts I was built to ask If you come back, come back honest If you leave, leave the light on Midnight, I am breathing With the shape of what is gone [Outro] The kettle cools in the rented room The chair is only a chair by dawn