[Intro] Troubles, you still there? Wicked, can you hear me? One last time… [Verse 1] Baby, been so long, I miss you, I just had to bring you back one last time to tell you I love you, I never wanna let you go Please don’t leave me again Life been so hard without you here I keep your picture by the doorway, say your name into the air Every room remembers laughter, every silence says you’re there Troubles got a trembling hand, but he won’t turn away He draws the circle, sets the board, and asks the night to stay [Pre-Chorus] The planchette starts to wander, slow across the wood He asks if she can hear him, asks if she still could A cold reply, a candle bends, the walls begin to shake Troubles hears the answer and his heart forgets to break [Chorus] Wicked, Wicked, answer me Troubles called across the sea One more word, one more sign Come back, just for tonight Wicked, Wicked, don’t fade away I’ve got so much left to say Please don’t leave me here alone Come back home, come back home [Verse 2] Wicked was a bright-eyed girl with a laugh that filled the room Then a sudden night took all her songs and left a quiet tomb Troubles kept her ribbon in a drawer beside the bed Kept rehearsing all the things he wished he’d left unsaid Now the letters crawl beneath his fingers, spelling out her name He wants to call it love, but grief is playing with a flame The board says “close the circle,” but he begs it for one more Then a shadow crosses over the picture by the door [Pre-Chorus] The planchette starts to wander, slow across the wood He asks if she can hear him, asks if she still could A cold reply, a candle bends, the walls begin to shake Troubles hears the answer and his heart forgets to break [Chorus] Wicked, Wicked, answer me Troubles called across the sea One more word, one more sign Come back, just for tonight Wicked, Wicked, don’t fade away I’ve got so much left to say Please don’t leave me here alone Come back home, come back home [Bridge] Then the room grows still; he sees the truth at last Love can hold a memory, but it can’t reverse the past He says, “I miss you, Wicked. I will carry what we knew.” The planchette rests; the morning finds him breathing through [Final Chorus] Wicked, Wicked, I hear you In the stories we lived through One last word, one last sign I’ll remember you tonight Wicked, Wicked, though you’re gone Your love goes traveling on Troubles lets the circle close And keeps the good he knows [Outro] Baby, been so long, I miss you I love you, I’ll let you go Wicked… Troubles…
