[INSTRUMENTAL — tremolo guitar arpeggio, brass entering over bongos] [VERSE 1 — smooth nimble phrasing, strings moving underneath] She took the left side out of habit; I took the chair beside the door She said, "Don't be noble, there's a bed here, we've been worse than this before" I lay above the covers with my shoes still pointing at the hall She turned her back, I turned my head, we both pretended not to recall [CHORUS — open romantic hook, strings sweeping behind] One bed, two stories One bed, two stories She says we're safe here I say don't worry [VERSE 2 — warmer vocal, melodic bass turning below] At two she asked if I still kept the photo from the ferry ride I said I'd thrown it out; she said, "You always were a decent liar" At three I asked why she had called me when she knew a hundred men She said, "Because you drive", then waited like she'd like it said again [CHORUS — open romantic hook, strings sweeping behind] One bed, two stories One bed, two stories She says we're safe here I say don't worry [BRIDGE — intimate melody, brass pulsing softly] Her hand found mine beneath the sheet, not quite a promise, not a plea I wanted one unedited sentence, she wanted sleep We almost got there, almost said it, then the ice machine came on She laughed, I laughed, the little honesty was gone [INSTRUMENTAL — swirling guitar solo, strings and brass trading phrases] [VERSE 3 — vulnerable melodic phrasing, guitar glowing] At four she slept against my shoulder like the years had folded small I stayed awake and watched the curtain lift against the wall I didn't check the second bag, I didn't ask what Voss had done I let her be the woman sleeping there and not the woman on the run [CHORUS — fullest romantic hook, brass and strings together] One bed, two stories One bed, two stories She says we're safe here I say don't worry [OUTRO — tremolo guitar returning, vocal echoing] One bed, two stories One bed, two stories By morning neither one Was true
