Return Your Glasses to the Bar (The Foxfire Trio ft Keybonard & Tootsworth) (Remastered)

[Intro] (vinyl crackle, soft piano) there’s still smoke hanging under the lantern light chairs half pushed in like they changed their minds someone’s laughing softly down the hall trying not to make the ending real at all [Verse 1] the band packed up an hour ago but keybonard still plays too slow tootsworth’s little melody keeps drifting through the room and ember’s scarf hangs on the chair like maybe he’ll come back for it like maybe if we all stay still the night won’t have to move [Pre-Chorus] but the glasses stack up one by one and the bartender smiles like he already knows [Chorus] return your glasses to the bar leave the lantern burning low last call for the lonely hearts before we step back into snow we would’ve stayed till morning light if wishing could outrun the dark but some nights end so gently you only feel them break your heart after [Verse 2] juniper’s still humming low some old tune from hours ago mascara tired eyes still shining gold outside the windows winter waits quiet as a held breath at the edge of the door and nobody wants to be first to leave so we keep finding little things to clean [Pre-Chorus] one more joke one more song one more reason to hold on [Chorus] return your glasses to the bar leave the lantern burning low last call for the lonely hearts before we step back into snow we would’ve stayed till morning light if wishing could outrun the dark but some nights end so gently you only feel them break your heart after [Bridge] (tootsworth recorder solo, distant harmonies) the fire never goes out even when the room grows cold even when the music fades even when we all go home the fire never goes out we just carry it away in our coats and tired eyes into the next strange day [Final Chorus] return your glasses to the bar set them down beside the light thank you for spending the night with us thank you for staying through the night and if tomorrow pulls us far apart further than these lantern sparks remember how the room felt warm remember how we left our hearts [Outro] (soft piano, vinyl hiss, fireplace crackle) door chime… quiet footsteps… a single glass set gently on the bar.