(Verse 1) They see a happy home from the gravel road A porch light on, a place where love is supposed to grow What they don't see is the canyon in this hall The separate rooms behind the same familiar wall We pass each other by the fridge, a "mornin'" and a sigh A masterclass in actin' like we ain't sayin' goodbye You're just twenty steps away, feels like a different state In this house of "What comes next?" and "Baby, will you wait?" (Pre-Chorus) And we ain't told a soul, we're keepin' up the show So nobody knows I'm dyin' slow... Yeah, nobody knows. (Chorus) I'm doin' time in Purgatory A shared address, a different story We're dancin' on a wire no one else can see Between what was and what will be Yeah, you're my Heaven if you choose to stay My Hell if you just walk away But right now, girl, it's just this lonely in-between A livin' ghost in a home that feels so mean Just Purgatory. (Verse 2) We muster up a smile for the Sunday supper crowd Laugh a little too loud to cover up the silence that's so loud My buddies slap my back, say "Man, you got it made" If they only saw the empty on your side of our bed We're a secret we're both keepin', a fragile piece of glass And every night I'm wonderin' if this breath will be our last The one before you turn and say it's really, finally through Or before you turn and find your way back to my room. (Pre-Chorus) And we ain't told a soul, we're keepin' up the show So nobody knows I'm dyin' slow... God, nobody knows. (Chorus) I'm doin' time in Purgatory A shared address, a different story We're dancin' on a wire no one else can see Between what was and what will be Yeah, you're my Heaven if you choose to stay My Hell if you just walk away But right now, girl, it's just this lonely in-between A livin' ghost in a home that feels so mean Just Purgatory. (Bridge) It's the quiet in the kitchen, it's the distance in a glance It's holdin' onto "maybe" when you're given half a chance It's the hardest kind of heartbreak, 'cause the world still sees a win While I'm sleepin' in the guest room, prayin' you'll come back in... (Chorus) Yeah, I'm breakin' in Purgatory! This shared address, this different story! I'm so tired of dancin' on a wire nobody sees! Just tell me, baby, please! Are you my Heaven? Gonna choose to stay? Or my Hell, and walk away? 'Cause right now, girl, this lonely in-between Is the worst damn place I've ever been Just Purgatory. (Outro) Same roof, different skies... Same home, different lives... Just waitin'... Yeah... In Purgatory. (Final beat fades out.)
