Paper Doorway

Lyrics

[Verse 1] My ceiling turned to clouds When I shut my eyes Your shadow on the wall Grew wings and slid outside I wore the moonlight thin Like a borrowed shirt The room fell off its hinge And the floor forgot my hurt [Pre-Chorus] I heard my name drift by Soft as falling dust One foot in the dark One foot out of us [Chorus] Wake me when I’m gone Let me stay this long Paper doorway, open wide I can slip right through the night Wake me when I’m gone I’m not coming back If this is how I leave Let the dream keep me like that [Verse 2] The hallway bent in blue Like a ribbon strip I chased a silver key In a pocket of my sleep You were a far-off glow At the edge of the trees I touched the air and found It was turning into me [Pre-Chorus] I heard my name drift by Soft as falling dust One foot in the dark One foot out of us [Chorus] Wake me when I’m gone Let me stay this long Paper doorway, open wide I can slip right through the night Wake me when I’m gone I’m not coming back If this is how I leave Let the dream keep me like that [Bridge] [Half-time] If I wake, don’t say That I never knew Every locked up corner Had a sky in view Hold that frame for me Till the morning cracks I’m a little free I don’t want it back [Final Chorus] Wake me when I’m gone Let me stay this long Paper doorway, open wide I can slip right through the night Wake me when I’m gone I’m not coming back If this is how I leave Let the dream keep me like that Wake me when I’m gone (keep me like that) Paper doorway, open wide (keep me like that)