We Let It Close [Intro | Close duet, dry vocal] Neither one leaves Neither one leaves Last call says go - but neither one leaves [Verse 1 | Sparse, conversational] You set your key card under the rye I catch that half-smile before you hide it The game above the bottles runs on mute You say, “You look good” I say, “So do you” We don’t ask who you’re here with You don’t ask why I’m alone There’s an open elevator Neither one of us goes [Pre-Chorus | Low end drops out] It would be easy Stand up, pay, disappear You look toward the lobby Then back at me like - [Chorus | Bass bloom, intimate duet] The doors slide open down the hall We let them close, we let them close Your glass is empty, mine’s gone warm Nobody reaches for a coat You say, “We know where this one goes” I say, “Then don’t look at me like that” Another elevator chimes We let it close [Post-Chorus | Hypnotic duet] Still here Still here We know better Still here [Verse 2 | Groove returns, slightly closer] Your phone lights up You turn it face-down I laugh like I didn’t notice somehow You ask if I still hate that song I say, “Only when it comes on” Bartender wipes the brass rail clean Sets two fresh napkins in between Your thumb keeps tracing circles on your glass I look away Just a second too late [Pre-Chorus | Withheld bass] We could call this closure We could call a cab We could make this easy Neither one does that [Chorus | Bass bloom, intimate duet] The doors slide open down the hall We let them close, we let them close Your glass is empty, mine’s gone warm Nobody reaches for a coat You say, “We know where this one goes” I say, “Then don’t look at me like that” Another elevator chimes We let it close [Bridge | Almost-spoken, stripped] You stand up first I think, “There it is” Then you reach for your coat And stop with your hand on it I should say goodnight You should say it too Instead you ask me “What floor, are you?” [Break | One beat of silence] I laugh You do too [Final Chorus | Biggest release, still controlled] The doors slide open down the hall We let them close, we let them close Your glass is empty, mine’s gone warm Nobody reaches for a coat You say, “We know where this one goes” I say, “Then don’t look at me like that” Another elevator chimes We let it close We let it close We let it close [Outro | Instruments subtract, unresolved] The bartender puts the chairs up Slides the check between our drinks You look at me like we should go, but -
