[Verse 1] You left a bag hung on my door hook Like a kindness after dark Ribbon tied. Name spelled right A little heart above the mark I brought it in. I set it down I let it sit beside the sink October makes a person grateful Before it teaches them to think I pulled one piece. I turned it over I felt the weight that did not fit Sweet on the paper. Wrong in the hand A love with metal in it [Pre-Chorus] Don't you tell me it was children Don't you tell me it was play This arrived with my full name on it After you walked away [Chorus] Nail in the candy That is how you say goodbye Nail in the candy A treat that learned to lie If you cannot come in honest You still know how to come inside Nail in the candy I bit down and I knew why [Verse 2] There were years we called it courtship There were years we called it home There were nights you brought me sugar Just to watch me come undone Then the house got full of silence Then the bed got full of space Then you learned a quieter cruelty That still wanted to leave a taste So you dressed a warning up in color You hung mercy on a string You let me find it with my fingers Before I found it with my teeth [Pre-Chorus] Don't you tell me it was rumor Don't you tell me it was chance This was personal and patient This was you, and not the dance [Chorus] Nail in the candy That is how you say goodbye Nail in the candy A treat that learned to lie If you cannot come in honest You still know how to come inside Nail in the candy I bit down and I knew why [Verse 3] I walked the corpse road with the bag Like a lantern made of wrong Every step I took was counting What I swallowed for too long The trees did not offer comfort The ditch did not take my side The dead mile only asked me If I wanted to stay kind I did not. I turned around I put the bag back on the hook Let the night keep what you sent me Let the door remember how it looked [Bridge] This is not a children's story This is not a town debate This is a mouth you meant to punish For the crime of staying late I see the ribbon I see the name I see the sweetness And the aim [Breakdown] Bite Stop Taste the year Bite Stop It is here Pretty paper Private war Nail in the candy At my door [Verse 4] In the morning I made coffee I did not call. I did not scream I put your photograph face-down And I rinsed the metal clean Some goodbyes arrive in letters Some goodbyes arrive in court Yours arrived like Halloween Wanting me to thank you for the hurt I still walk that second roadway When the living street feels thin But I do not take a gift now If I cannot feel through the tin [Pre-Chorus] Don't you send me any kindness Don't you dress a blade as play If you need to leave a message Use your mouth, and use the day [Chorus] Nail in the candy That is how you say goodbye Nail in the candy A treat that learned to lie If you cannot come in honest You still know how to come inside Nail in the candy I bit down and I knew why [Final Chorus] Nail in the candy I can still recall the catch Nail in the candy Love that comes with extra scratch If you meet me on the dead road Keep your offerings in your hand I already learned the lesson In a language I can understand [Outro] Ribbon on the hook Bag gone light Mouth still careful That is right Nail in the candy Not tonight
