[Intro] You left the kettle on the stove A little steam above the room I watched the window hold its breath And let the afternoon move through [Verse 1] I learned your shape by where you weren't The chair pulled back, the missing cup A door can close and still leave room For all the words we didn't pick up I kept one stone beside the sink Its gray face streaked with kitchen lime You said it came from somewhere cold I held it like a borrowed time [Pre-Chorus] If I let go, what stays? If I stay, what slips away? [Chorus] I am not the wall, I am the seam Where the water finds a way between Take my name, it won't hold still A little change against my will You are not gone, you're not the same We trade the edges, trade the frame And when the room turns strange again I find the stone beneath my hand [Verse 2] The bus went past the corner shop Your old green scarf was on the rail I almost called you by the sound Of rain collecting in the pail The day kept folding into day A paper map rubbed thin with use I crossed the line I'd drawn in chalk Then watched the weather wash it loose [Pre-Chorus] If I let go, what stays? If I stay, what slips away? [Chorus] I am not the wall, I am the seam Where the water finds a way between Take my name, it won't hold still A little change against my will You are not gone, you're not the same We trade the edges, trade the frame And when the room turns strange again I find the stone beneath my hand [Bridge] Maybe the river doesn't keep The banks it borrowed yesterday Maybe the thing I thought was mine Was only passing through my hands [Final Chorus] I am not the wall, I am the seam Where the water finds a way between Take my name, it won't hold still A little change can teach me skill You are not gone, you're not the same We trade the edges, trade the frame And when the room turns strange again I find the stone—and let it land [Outro] The kettle cools The window clears The stone stays quiet I stay here
