[INSTRUMENTAL — tremolo guitar arpeggio, brass entering over bongos] [VERSE 1 — smooth nimble phrasing, strings moving underneath] We found a café near the platform where the soup came thick and gray Mara said, "Before we get on, there's a thing I should say" I waited for the second bag, another brother, or a gun She said, "I called because I knew that you would come" [PRE-CHORUS — rising melody, phaser guitar brightening] Not because you drove the fastest Not because you knew the coast [CHORUS — open romantic hook, strings sweeping behind] A little truth at lunch A little truth at lunch Not enough to save us Just enough for once [VERSE 2 — warmer vocal, melodic bass turning below] I told her that the ferry photograph was still inside my coat The corners soft, the backside blank, the two of us in a boat She said, "I knew you hadn't thrown it out", I said, "I knew you knew" We both laughed, the soup got cold [PRE-CHORUS — rising melody, phaser guitar brightening] Not a vow, not a confession Just two things we didn't hide [CHORUS — open romantic hook, strings sweeping behind] A little truth at lunch A little truth at lunch Not enough to save us Just enough for once [VERSE 3 — quicker phrasing, phaser guitar glowing] She told me she had planned to leave me twice before the train Once outside the river, once before I learned her brother's name I said I might still leave her if she tried that with the keys She said, "That's fair", and slid them back to me [INSTRUMENTAL — swirling guitar solo, strings and brass trading phrases] [BRIDGE — intimate melody, brass pulsing softly] We didn't call it honesty, that word felt far too large We didn't promise not to lie, we didn't clear the past She finished her soup, I paid the bill We boarded separately [CHORUS — fullest romantic hook, brass and strings together] A little truth at lunch A little truth at lunch Not enough to save us Just enough for once [OUTRO — tremolo guitar returning, vocal echoing] A little truth at lunch A little truth at lunch I kept the photograph She kept the keys
