[Intro - deep full female contralto, Rhodes and bass] Still beside me still withdrawn The warm thing’s gone the warm thing’s gone Still beside me all night long The warm thing’s gone the warm thing’s gone [Verse 1] You leave the door open like it still means home But the room feels borrowed when I sit alone The warm thing’s gone Your hand by my hand on the old wood grain Close as a promise far as the rain The warm thing’s gone You smile through the evening with the curtains drawn Still here beside me but the warm thing’s gone [Pre-Chorus] I could call it space I could call it time Make it sound gentle make it sound kind Nothing falls down nothing breaks through But the room gets colder when I reach for you The warm thing’s gone the warm thing’s gone [Chorus - low soul confession, same volume] Colder when you’re close colder when you’re near I hear you breathing but you disappear Still beside me still withdrawn I reach for your heart but the warm thing’s gone The warm thing’s gone the warm thing’s gone Close enough to lose but the warm thing’s gone [Verse 2 - same groove, no added energy] Your cup by the window went cold before dawn A quiet little witness with nothing written on The warm thing’s gone I fold up the evening I fold down my pride Trying to keep the ache on the other side The warm thing’s gone You don’t cut loudly you don’t turn mean You just move like moonlight where I can’t be seen And I hate how gentle a distance can stay Breathing in the room without walking away The warm thing’s gone [Pre-Chorus - same intensity] I could call it peace I could call it grace But there’s a little winter in the warmest place Nothing falls down nothing breaks through But the room gets colder when I reach for you The warm thing’s gone the warm thing’s gone [Chorus - same low intensity] Colder when you’re close colder when you’re near I hear you breathing but you disappear Still beside me still withdrawn I reach for your heart but the warm thing’s gone The warm thing’s gone the warm thing’s gone Close enough to lose but the warm thing’s gone [Quiet Turn - Rhodes, bass, soft organ, no build] I don’t need thunder I don’t need flame Just one little movement toward my name The warm thing’s gone You drift like water away from the shore Still in the doorway still behind the door The warm thing’s gone [Last Chorus - same volume, no added layers] Colder when you’re close colder when you’re near I hear you breathing but you disappear Still beside me still withdrawn I reach for your heart but the warm thing’s gone The warm thing’s gone the warm thing’s gone Close enough to lose but the warm thing’s gone [Outro - small, smoky, unresolved] Still beside me still withdrawn The warm thing’s gone the warm thing’s gone Colder when you’re close colder when you’re near The warm thing’s gone the warm thing’s gone
