[Intro - Sparse piano motif, no vocals] [Verse 1 - Intimate, rhythmically restless] The table fits against the window. I should have moved it years ago. I love the way the morning enters. I hate that you don't get to know. Your cup is still behind the others. I don't use it. I don't hide it. Some things are easier to live with when you never have to define them. [Pre-Chorus - Ascending, shifting pulse] I count to four. It comes out five. Some things are over. Some things survive. [Chorus - Expansive, soaring] I can miss you and mean goodbye, I can be free and not be fine. Two things at once, two things at once. I loved those years; I wouldn't live them twice. I don't need one to make the other right. Two things at once, no need to choose a side, Neither one is a lie. [Instrumental - Piano motif develops, intricate bass interplay] [Verse 2 - Syncopated, conversational] At dinner someone asks what happened. I hear the question underneath: Who was right about the ending? Who was first to turn the key? But you were kind. And I was honest. We were both allowed to go. No one slammed a door between us. It was louder when it closed. [Pre-Chorus - Rising harmonic tension] I count to four. It comes out five. A thing can end and stay alive. [Chorus - Fuller, layered harmonies] I can miss you and mean goodbye, I can be free and not be fine. Two things at once, two things at once. I loved those years; I wouldn't live them twice. I don't need one to make the other right. Two things at once, no need to choose a side, Neither one is a lie. [Instrumental Break - Evolving motif, dynamic rhythmic shifts] [Bridge - Sparse, two independent vocal melodies] [Lead] Leave the light on. [Countermelody] Turn the key. [Lead] There was love here. [Countermelody] There is peace. [Lead] I could have stayed forever. [Countermelody] I had to learn to leave. [Both - Intertwining] Strange how one heart can keep Two different kinds of time. [Instrumental Build - Motifs converge, rising intensity] [Final Chorus - Soaring lead with overlapping countermelody] I can miss you and mean goodbye, (Leave the light on) I can be free and not be fine. (Turn the key) Two things at once, two things at once. (There was love here) I loved those years; I wouldn't live them twice. (There is peace) I don't need one to make the other right. Two things at once, no need to choose a side, Neither one is a lie. [Outro - Strip back to piano, fading vocal harmonies] There was love here. There is peace. Neither one is a lie. [End]
