[INSTRUMENTAL — soft kick, sparse chops, low pads] [VERSE 1 — close, hollow] Last night in the flat now Everything's in boxes Six years of my life Fit in eleven The room's gone back to beige Like I never happened Only the faded square Where my poster hung [HOOK — chant, hollow then warm] Eleven boxes (eleven boxes) Eleven boxes That's the whole of it Eleven boxes (eleven boxes) Eleven boxes That's the whole of it [VERSE 2 — clipped, dry] Landlady gets the keys by ten Deposit "in the post" I sat on the floor with noodles One last time, cross-legged Ate them slow, no table Like my first night here Started here with nothing Ending with eleven [HOOK — chant, hollow then warm] Eleven boxes (eleven boxes) Eleven boxes That's the whole of it Eleven boxes (eleven boxes) Eleven boxes That's the whole of it [BRIDGE — voice nearly alone] Next place has a garden Well, a yard Well, a wall But it's mine, the rent's mine And nobody's selling it [INSTRUMENTAL — bass drops a bar, then slams back] [FINAL HOOK — fullest, chops stacked] Eleven boxes (eleven boxes) Eleven boxes That's the whole of it Eleven boxes (eleven boxes) Eleven boxes That's the whole of it [OUTRO — fragments] That's the whole of it [INSTRUMENTAL OUTRO — kick keeps walking, hats dissolve]
