Room 214

[Verse 1] You left in the middle of a Tuesday Said you'd be home by ten I found your note beneath the takeout menus The night the rain came through again [Pre-Chorus] I tell myself the house is settling Just the old boards learning how to bend But every time the pipes start knocking I turn around expecting you again [Chorus] I still say we’re underwater Room 214’s running thin on air Still buying peaches you liked in July Then watching them soften there You said we’d know when it was over I guess I missed the sound Now I’m learning how to live in a place That keeps your shape around [Verse 2] Your sister called from the grocery store Asked if I had your old address I said the boxes went to someone Who could use the books you left [Pre-Chorus] The kettle clicks, the afternoon leans A stripe of gold across the floor I thought that leaving meant a clean break But it just moved the ache indoors [Chorus] I still say we’re underwater Room 214’s running thin on air Still buying peaches you liked in July Then watching them soften there You said we’d know when it was over I guess I missed the sound Now I’m learning how to live in a place That keeps your shape around [Bridge] If I could hand back every small thing The chipped green bowl, the borrowed key Would you take the quiet with you Or leave a little here for me? [Final Chorus] I still say we’re underwater Room 214’s running thin on air And I let those peaches turn to cider Without pretending you were there You said we’d know when it was over Maybe now I hear it clear I’m learning how to live in this place And let the empty be just air