The Thin Blue Flame - Back Room

[Verse 1] You left the kettle on the iron stove A thin blue flame beneath the snow The window counted every passing plane Then forgot my face and said my name [Pre-Chorus] In the cupboard, glass began to ring No hand, no wind, no living thing [Chorus] If they send a signal through the wall Let it find me where the small rooms fall I have sewn my heartbeat to the door I am not the person you came for [Verse 2] The basement bulb was bright at noon A white mark trembling on the moon I found your coat beside the fuse Still warm enough to make me choose [Pre-Chorus] The pipes spoke once in a language made Of numbers bending into names [Chorus] If they send a signal through the wall Let it find me where the small rooms fall I have sewn my heartbeat to the door I am not the person you came for [Bridge] Under the floor, the winter turned Every buried cable burned I heard you breathing in the snow From somewhere only satellites know [Final Chorus] If they send a signal through the wall I will answer though the ceilings crawl Take the map, the house, the years before I am not the person anymore [Outro] The kettle cools The room goes still A red light waits Beyond the hill