Receipt

[Instrumetal Intro] [Verse 1] Smoke was hanging low above the table, You were reading numbers on a bill. Trusting us was always just a fable, Keeping faith was never quite your skill. Coffee rings had marked the dusty woodwork, Outside, wheels were grinding on the grit. I was watching how the silent hood worked— You had built a cage and stayed in it. [Pre-Hook] All your words were tallied on a page, Taxes paid for ev’ry word I said. Walking on a narrow, sharpened edge, Looking for a ghost inside my bed. [Hook] You would laugh and point at honest people, Calling them the blind who wait for luck. Like a jackdaw on a chilly steeple, Waiting for the hourly bell to struck. [Instrumental break] [Verse 2] Shoes were left abandoned in the hallway, Icy nails were scratching at the pane. You believed that loss is coming alway, Checking maps for signs of coming rain. Now the flat is empty, clean, and lowly, I can smell the gas and bitter tea. I’ve been learning how to forget slowly, Who it was that refused to be free. [Bridge] Looking at the walls of peeling plaster, I sat waiting just for something more You predicted only one disaster— Seeing love was rotten at the core. [Final Hook] I'll keep the key inside my pocket, Walking past the station in the mud. Keeping us like pictures in a locket, Screwed so tight it stops the flow of blood. [Outro] Sun is hitting bricks and empty driveways Nothing looks the way it did before. You were wrong about the end of one day — It was gone before I closed the door.