[Verse 1] There was a house with no number A porch light that flickered off and on I passed it once in autumn The leaves stuck to the path as i walked on [Verse 2] There was a voice I used to borrow Soft as a thread pulled from sheep I kept it close to my beating heart Where no one else could reach [Chorus] The gate wasn’t locked But no one came The silence was clean Like it had been planned I didn’t knock I just stood in the rain And wondered if absence Was the best kind of hand [Verse 3] Someone said you changed your name I didn’t ask what it was I just folded the thought Like a letter I never mailed And left it in the drawer with the rest [Bridge] There’s no villain in this story Just a room that stayed empty Long enough to forget What it was waiting for [guitar solo] [Final chorus] The gate wasn’t locked But no one came The silence was clean Like it had been planned I didn’t knock I just stood in the rain And wondered if absence Was the best kind of hand [Outro] There was a house with no number And I still don’t know If I was ever Expected [Final chorus] The gate wasn’t locked But no one came The silence was clean Like it had been planned I didn’t knock I just stood in the rain And wondered if absence Was the best kind of hand
