[Instrumental] [Intro] Blinking in the dark again Three weeks since I've played them back Empty walls hold space where frames should be Just me and footsteps on the track Of this one-bedroom life I've made Where silence fills the space between The ticking clock, your gentle breaths And everything I'll never be [Verse 1] The days go dark by five o'clock And I haven't said a word out loud Except to you, curled on the windowsill Where frost creeps slowly 'round My brother called on Tuesday His voice cracked through the distance I said I'm fine, because the truth would break This fragile peace we're both pretending [Chorus] But you need your dinner And the bowl needs filling While I'm drowning in the quiet Of another evening in You're purring on my shoulder Like a gentle warning That I'm anchored here Though I'm barely hanging on [Verse 2] I used to think that thirty-seven Would feel like victory Some kind of answer, some kind of peace Not this hollow space The radiator's hissing But I'm still shivering And the friends I had have lives Behind doors that won't open anymore [Chorus] But you need your dinner And the bowl needs filling While I'm sinking in the silence Of another evening in You're purring on my shoulder Like a gentle warning That I'm anchored here Though I'm barely hanging on [Bridge] Maybe this is what remains When hope starts crumbling And you can barely recognize yourself You climb into my lap Like I'm still worth saving And I want to believe you God, I need to believe you [Chorus] So I'll fill your dinner Keep the water running Though I'm drowning in the quiet Of this life worn paper-thin You're purring on my shoulder My last connection To a world that's slipping Through my trembling hands [Outro] Through my trembling hands The world keeps slipping But you keep me here In this darkness without end [Instrumental]
