Where the Water’s Only in My

Lyrics

[Verse 1] I left the kitchen tap running Till the basin filled to the rim Your blue cup rocked against the porcelain Like it was waiting for him I keep the towel by the doorway Though the floor is dry again And every time the pipes start knocking I count the things I didn’t mend [Pre-Chorus] I can name each door I closed Each small plea I called a passing sound [Chorus] I am sinking where the water’s only in my head With your last words circling slowly round the bed I could reach the shore, but I keep hold of what I’ve done Guilt pulls like a current when the house is still and numb [Verse 2] Your coat is folded on the landing One sleeve turned beneath the other I told our friends you needed distance I never told them why you left Now I practice honest answers To a room that cannot ask But my mouth still finds the old excuses And lays them out like glass [Pre-Chorus] I can name each door I closed Each small plea I called a passing sound [Chorus] I am sinking where the water’s only in my head With your last words circling slowly round the bed I could reach the shore, but I keep hold of what I’ve done Guilt pulls like a current when the house is still and numb [Bridge] If you could hear me through the plaster I would say it without defense I was wrong, and you were asking I was there, but absent then [Final Chorus] I am sinking where the water’s only in my head With your last words circling slowly round the bed I could reach the shore, but I keep hold of what I’ve done Guilt pulls like a current till the morning comes undone [Outro] The tap is off The room is dry I still hear you When the pipes reply