[Title: Coffee Stains] [Ambience: Vinyl crackle, distant sirens, soft hum of a refrigerator] [Intro: Instrumental] [Verse 1: Voice 1 - Male, Low, Sprechgesang] Three A.M. and the fridge is humming a flat note Stack of paperbacks we swore we’d read a month ago Sitting like bricks on the hardwood floor I keep tripping over your shoes by the door But I don't move them I just step around the chaos like a dance we know [Chorus: Duet - Unison, Soft & Airy] We’re just living in the static Tracing circles in the dust It’s not perfect, it’s just habit It’s just us, yeah, it’s just us Don’t clean the slate, leave the marks remain I kinda like the shape of that coffee stain [Verse 2: Voice 2 - Female, Smooth, Melodic] You say the clutter makes the walls feel tight But I see a museum in the morning light That ticket stub from the metro train Stuck to the mirror like a picture frame You call it a mess, I call it proof That we’re actually breathing under this roof [Bridge: Call & Response] [Voice 1] I should pack it up [Voice 2] Leave it where it lays [Voice 1] It’s gathering dirt [Voice 2] It’s gathering days [Both] Let the laundry pile up on the chair As long as you’re sitting there [Chorus: Duet - Harmonies] We’re just living in the static Tracing circles in the dust It’s not perfect, it’s just habit It’s just us, yeah, it’s just us Don’t clean the slate, leave the marks remain I kinda like the shape of that coffee stain [Outro: Voice 2 fades out] Just leave it there... Don't wipe it away... [Sound of a needle lifting off a record]
