[INSTRUMENTAL — skipping kick, chopped voice far away] [VERSE 1 — close, gentle] Every room's got a sticker Keep, tip, charity Nan's whole life in marker pen Written in my hand Her coats still hold her shape The hallway smells of lavender And underneath it, dust [HOOK — soft chant] The biscuit tin stays (it stays) The biscuit tin stays The rest can go The biscuit tin stays (it stays) The biscuit tin stays The rest can go [VERSE 2 — clipped] Mum wants the Wedgwood Uncle Rob wants the telly I want the tin with the lid that sticks '71, says Lyons Nothing in it but buttons And my school report from '99 "Could do better" — she kept that [INSTRUMENTAL — vocal chops answer the piano] [HOOK — soft chant] The biscuit tin stays (it stays) The biscuit tin stays The rest can go The biscuit tin stays (it stays) The biscuit tin stays The rest can go [VERSE 3 — quieter, more space] Last look round, bare walls She'd have hated bare walls I take the tin, lock up Post the keys through the door In the car I prize the lid off Buttons, buttons, buttons And right at the bottom, folded Twenty quid. "For a rainy day, love" [FINAL HOOK — fullest, warm] The biscuit tin stays (it stays) The biscuit tin stays The rest can go The biscuit tin stays (it stays) The biscuit tin stays The rest can go [OUTRO — fragments, soft] The biscuit tin stays [INSTRUMENTAL OUTRO — hats fade, piano holds one chord]
