The Silence Learned Our Names

Lyrics

[Verse 1] You left a cup beside the window A thumbprint drying on the clay The garden kept its small appointment One white moth turning into day I held the door for no one I folded up the chair The house was full of little proofs That you had once been there [Pre-Chorus] Then through the wall, the old pipes sighed Like something learning how to speak I found a country in that sound Too far to reach, too close to keep [Chorus] If the world forgets our names Let it remember this: Two hands warming in the same cold room A borrowed hour, a certain kiss And if I wake with nothing left No map, no sign, no flame I’ll know I was here because you looked at me And the silence changed its shape [Verse 2] The train went silver past the orchard Dragging dusk from tree to tree You said, “Some doors are meant for leaving” But you stayed and counted breaths with me Outside, the rain made rivers Along the garden wall You drew a circle on the glass And watched the whole sky fall [Pre-Chorus] There are no grand designs tonight No answer waiting in the hall Just your sleeve against my wrist And the courage not to call it small [Chorus] If the world forgets our names Let it remember this: Two hands warming in the same cold room A borrowed hour, a certain kiss And if I wake with nothing left No map, no sign, no flame I’ll know I was here because you looked at me And the silence changed its shape [Bridge] Maybe love is not the thunder Maybe it is how the floor Holds beneath two tired bodies When they cannot hold much more Maybe every life is measured Not by how brightly it began But by the one soft, stubborn light We pass from hand to hand [Final Chorus] So let the world forget our names It cannot take away The cup, the rain, the counted breaths The hour we chose to stay And if I wake with nothing left I’ll carry what remains: You looked at me, I looked at you And the silence learned our names [Outro] The window pales above the garden The chair is waiting by the door I touch the circle on the glass And feel the room become much more