[Verse 1] You left your coat on the kitchen chair Dust on the sleeve, but you’re still there I turn the key and the hallway bends Every beginning wears a borrowed end [Pre-Chorus] I say your name to the porcelain wall It comes back smaller, not at all [Chorus] What is was, let it stay behind A crooked photograph in a borrowed mind What is was, I can’t make it new But the door still swings when I think of you [Verse 2] The radio coughs through a gospel tune Blue afternoon under a paper moon Your old matchbook by the telephone Three little numbers, nobody home [Pre-Chorus] I count the cracks in the ceiling paint Some things disappear, some things wait [Chorus] What is was, let it stay behind A crooked photograph in a borrowed mind What is was, I can’t make it new But the door still swings when I think of you [Instrumental] [Bridge] If I could trade this restless skin For one clean hour before the spin I’d leave the light above the stairs And let the silence find me there [Chorus] What is was, let it stay behind A crooked photograph in a borrowed mind What is was, I can’t make it new But the door still swings when I think of you [Outro] What is was What is was The chair is empty The room moves on
