Is the hallway light still on Because you want me home? (Mm-mm-mmm) Or only so the shadows Won’t leave the house alone? (Ah-ah-ah) I could lie beside you, Close enough to hear you breathe, (Mm-mm-mmm) And still be somewhere Your hands could never reach me. (Ah-ah-ah) Keep the light low. (Mm-mm-mmm) Keep it low. (Ah-ah-ah) Rain gathers on the railing. Night leans against the window. (Mm-mm-mmm) The dream still knows your shape, Though memory has worn thin. (Ah-ah-ah) I choose every word with care. I weigh every sound. (Mm-mm-mmm) Yet even careful words Can bring our starlit sky down. (Ah-ah-ah) One word in still water— (Mm-mm-mmm) And every circle widens. (Ah-ah-ah) Through the sleeping house, Past every open door, (Mm-mm-mmm) Into the room we made For what we couldn’t hold. (Ah-ah-ah) The floorboards catch our footsteps. The walls echo them back slowly. (Mm-mm-mmm) Keep the light low. Keep it low. (Ah-ah-ah) What a night to ask me Whether I will stay. (Mm-mm-mmm) The clock gives up its minutes, Yet morning remains far away. (Ah-ah-ah) I look into your eyes. (Mm-mm-mmm) Neither of us leaves. (Ah-ah-ah) One word in still water— (Mm-mm-mmm) And every circle widens. (Ah-ah-ah) Through the sleeping house, (Mm-mm-mmm) Past every open door, (Ah-ah-ah) Into the room we made (Mm-mm-mmm) For what we couldn’t hold. (Ah-ah-ah) The floorboards catch our footsteps. (Mm-mm-mmm) Keep the light low. Keep it low. (Ah-ah-ah) We never call it an ending. (Mm-mm-mmm) We never call it home. (Ah-ah-ah) The rooms will keep the answer (Mm-mm-mmm) When we are both gone. (Ah-ah-ah) If you hear the floorboards creak— (Mm-mm-mmm) Keep the light low. Keep it low. (Ah-ah-ah) Keep it— Low.
