Curtains

[Pre-Chorus]
I tell my friends I'm getting better
Then I cancel when they call
I built a room inside my chest
And put your name across the wall

[Chorus]
You took the part of me that trusted
And I don't know how to get it back
I hear your footsteps in my thinking
Though you're not coming down the flat
I want to say I'm more than broken
I want to mean it when I do
But every time I try to stand up
I remember falling next to you

[Verse 2]
I changed the route beside the station
Stopped at our old corner shop
The woman there still asks about you
I just smile and say you've moved on
I keep rehearsing conversations
Where I finally tell the truth
That losing you was only half it
I lost the best belief in me too

[Pre-Chorus]
Now every mirror asks a question
I am too tired to explain
I wear my silence like a jacket
Buttoned tightly in the rain

[Bridge]
Maybe confidence is smaller
Than the thing I thought I knew
Maybe it begins on mornings
When I don't reach out to you
Maybe I can leave the curtains
Just a little open wide
Let the day come in unfinished
Let it find me still alive

[Final Chorus]
You took the part of me that trusted
But you didn't take it all
There's a pulse beneath the plaster
There's a hand against the wall
I can say I'm more than broken
Even if my voice gives way
And every time I try to stand up
I get closer to my name
I get closer to my name

[Outro]
The kettle sings, the room is quiet
I leave the curtains open wide
I don't feel like myself yet
But I haven't disappeared tonight

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[Verse 1] I used to leave the curtains open Let the morning find me first Now I dress inside the hallway So I don't have to see the hurt Your picture's face-down by the kettle Still collecting little rings Funny how a quiet kitchen Can make a coward of a king [Pre-Chorus] I tell my friends I'm getting better Then I cancel when they call I built a room inside my chest And put your name across the wall [Chorus] You took the part of me that trusted And I don't know how to get it back I hear your footsteps in my thinking Though you're not coming down the flat I want to say I'm more than broken I want to mean it when I do But every time I try to stand up I remember falling next to you [Verse 2] I changed the route beside the station Stopped at our old corner shop The woman there still asks about you I just smile and say you've moved on I keep rehearsing conversations Where I finally tell the truth That losing you was only half it I lost the best belief in me too [Pre-Chorus] Now every mirror asks a question I am too tired to explain I wear my silence like a jacket Buttoned tightly in the rain [Chorus] You took the part of me that trusted And I don't know how to get it back I hear your footsteps in my thinking Though you're not coming down the flat I want to say I'm more than broken I want to mean it when I do But every time I try to stand up I remember falling next to you [Bridge] Maybe confidence is smaller Than the thing I thought I knew Maybe it begins on mornings When I don't reach out to you Maybe I can leave the curtains Just a little open wide Let the day come in unfinished Let it find me still alive [Final Chorus] You took the part of me that trusted But you didn't take it all There's a pulse beneath the plaster There's a hand against the wall I can say I'm more than broken Even if my voice gives way And every time I try to stand up I get closer to my name I get closer to my name [Outro] The kettle sings, the room is quiet I leave the curtains open wide I don't feel like myself yet But I haven't disappeared tonight

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