[singer A] I got a box in the future Sealed up tight with a silver latch It says my name in marker And it hums when I touch it back It sits on the top shelf By the old receipt jar Like it knows my secrets Like it traveled too far I hear it at midnight A little tap-tap-tap Like a pulse in the hallway Calling me back [transition] [singer B] I found it in the hall by the door Old tape on top, bent at the corners Cardboard scarred with a faded blue mark You said don’t touch it, leave it in the dark On the seam was your little sharp note Half a tear and a crooked old quote I stood there long with my hand in the air Like I’d wake something sleeping in there The dust on the lid looked years old Like winter pressed into a fold And I knew before I pulled it near That the box had been waiting years [transition] [singer A] What you hiding What you saving Tell me now Tell me now If it's mine Then don't keep waiting Tell me now Tell me now Future box, open slow Future box, let it go Future box, what you know? (what you know?) Future box, take me home Future box, leave me whole Future box, don't leave me alone (don't leave me alone) [transition] [singer B] But I heard my name through the lid Like a secret you almost forgave Every little thing we never said Was sitting quiet in that box you made And the room went still around me Like it knew the shape of what I’d find Every little thing we never said Was packed up tight in the back of time Past box, past box Full of what we lost Past box, past box Still heavy with us Past box, past box Calling from the hush Past box, past box I can’t let it rust [transition] [singer A] If it's a scar I'll wear it If it's a goodbye I'll bear it If it's my name Say it clear If it's the truth Bring it here I can take the ache I can take the light Just don't keep my tomorrow Out of sight Future box, open slow Future box, let it go Future box, I need hope (I need hope) [transition] [singer B] And maybe we were only keeping time In a cardboard corner, taped shut tight Maybe every goodbye needs a place To sit down and not disappear tonight So I held each piece like a live wire Like a small bright bruise in my palm And for the first time I didn’t run I just let the silence turn calm Past box, past box I hear it hum Past box, past box What we had is not done Past box, past box I won’t shut it up Past box, past box I’ll carry it with us [melodic interlude] [singer A] Future box Future box Future box Open slow [singer B] Past box Past box Past box From the Hush
