[The Weight of the Tiles] [ Verse 1 ] I was seven years old, walking slow down the hall In my star-covered PJs, feeling quiet and small The kitchen was still and the sun barely awake I reached for the jar for our morning shake Buster was waiting in his bowl by the sink A blue betta fish, didn't even have to think Just a pinch in my fingers, the daily routine In the soft morning light, in a house so serene [ Chorus 1 ] You didn't say he was sleeping, didn't look for a lie Just wrapped me in a quilt as I started to cry Sometimes the heart needs a witness, not a why Just a place on the floor where the heavy things lie [ Verse 2 ] But today he wasn't swimming, he was caught in the glare Still at the surface, suspended in air I looked to the bottom where the diver stayed Deep in the pebbles where he usually played I tapped on the glass but the water stayed still The kitchen grew quiet with a sudden chill The air left my chest and I started to scream And you came running like a waking dream [ Chorus 2 ] You didn't say he was sleeping, didn't look for a lie Just wrapped me in a quilt as I started to cry Sometimes the heart needs a witness, not a why Just a place on the floor where the heavy things lie [ Bridge ] The plastic jar slipped right out of my hand Orange flakes spilled like a desert of sand I fell to the tiles, I was losing my breath A seven-year-old meeting the logic of death You didn't stand over me, stay on your feet You sat on the floor where the cold and pain meet You held me so close while the world fell apart Matching the rhythm of my breaking heart [ Final Chorus ] You didn't say he was sleeping, didn't look for a lie Just wrapped me in a quilt as I started to cry He's still in the water by the diver's side And I'm learning to hurt with nowhere to hide Sometimes the heart needs a witness, not a why Just a place on the floor where the heavy things lie [ Outro ] The faded quilt and the kitchen floor I didn't need answers anymore We sat in the silence of the morning grey Until the tears washed it all away Just the tiles and the quilt Until the tears washed away
