[Verse 1] She counts down from five And I close my eyes Picture the light moving through me Reaching the places I keep out of sight Somewhere between four and three Something tightens under my ribs Not pain, but something older Something I never had words to give [Verse 2] Then the tears come without warning No memory I can point to Just running down my face In a room with nothing left to do And the tremor falls quiet After years of wanting it still For once, I’m not trying to stop it I’m just letting out what I feel [Chorus] Grief without a name No story I know how to tell I don’t know what I’m crying for But I know what I felt I asked for what I didn’t want to hear Let the question settle in And my body answered first Before the words could begin [Verse 3] When it’s over, the tremor comes back Like it never left my hand I wipe my face against my sleeve She asks me how I am But I’m not ready with an answer And I’m not ready to be done Some things don’t finish in an hour Just because the hour is up [Chorus] Grief without a name No story I know how to tell I don’t know what I’m crying for But I know what I felt I asked for what I didn’t want to hear Let the question settle in And my body answered first Before the words could begin [Bridge — stripped back, almost spoken] I could have told you later Once I’d found the words to say Made it something I could talk about Without having to look away But you got the raw one. The one still wet on my face. [Instrumental pause] [Outro — quiet] Counting down from five… Four… Three… I don’t have a name for it. And I stay.
