```text **Leave the Window Open** [Intro: sparse dry piano, intimate solo vocal] Leave it open. Just a little. [Verse 1] I lift the sash. The paint flakes off. A taxi waits. Somebody knocks. Your cup leaves rings. Beside my own. I clear a space. You set yours down. [Pre-Chorus: bass enters softly] A bus rolls past. You start to speak. I lean in close. Your hand finds me. [Chorus: open melody, sustain “open”, “in” and “stay”] Leave the window open. Let the street come in. Leave the window open. Let the morning in. You can stay. You can stay. Leave the window open. [Verse 2: restrained live drums and guitar enter] You peel an orange. One strip of skin. I take a piece. You take my grin. Two flights below, a girl calls out. You lift your head. I turn around. [Pre-Chorus] The curtain moves. Across your sleeve. You catch its edge. Then let it free. [Chorus: wider band, Nora’s own subtle harmonies] Leave the window open. Let the street come in. Leave the window open. Let the morning in. You can stay. You can stay. Leave the window open. [Instrumental Rise: 8 bars, expressive electric guitar, strings enter gradually] [Bridge: intimate piano and voice] No speech. No grand goodbye. Your thumb wipes blue off mine. I pull a chair. You sit. The room sounds different with you in it. [Two beats of silence] [Final Chorus: full band, double-time drum feel, same 78 BPM] Leave the window open. Let the street come in. Leave the window open. Let the morning in. You can stay. You can stay. Leave the window open. [Final Refrain: soaring controlled vocal, long continuous notes] Leave it open. Let it in. Leave it open. Morning… You can stay. You can stay. [Outro: drums and strings fall away, piano recalls the album’s opening motif] Your cup. My cup. The curtain lifts. Leave it open. [Final piano chord rings naturally, unresolved gentle ending] ```
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