[Verse 1] I keep one chair beside the window Though no one climbs the stairs The kettle clicks, the blue mug cools And morning finds me there A paper moon above the sink Turns slowly in the steam I tell the walls what I forgot Then fold it in a dream [Pre-Chorus] If you pass the house at evening You might hear the floorboards call Not a ghost, just every little thing That once belonged to us all [Chorus] I am learning the shape of alone By the keys left under the stone By the coat on the hook, by the dust in the book By the name I no longer call I am carrying silence like home Where the wildest gardens have grown And the door may be closed, but the world still knows There is a heart in this house of stone [Verse 2] The neighbor's boy draws crooked suns In chalk along the lane I watch them fade beneath the rain Then draw them back again At night I leave the hallway lamp To soften every room A little gold against the dark A promise made to bloom [Pre-Chorus] If you pass the house at evening And the curtains start to sway It is only me, forgiving What could not make me stay [Chorus] I am learning the shape of alone By the keys left under the stone By the coat on the hook, by the dust in the book By the name I no longer call I am carrying silence like home Where the wildest gardens have grown And the door may be closed, but the world still knows There is a heart in this house of stone [Bridge] Somewhere beyond the cedar hill A train is cutting through I do not wave, I do not run I let it carry you [Final Chorus] I am learning the shape of alone And the room does not feel like home There is bread on the board, there is light at the door There is more than the things I have known I am carrying silence like home With a window I leave open And the night may be wide, but I stand inside With a heart that is slowly unbroken [Outro] One chair beside the window One blue mug in the steam This house is quiet, this house is mine And quiet is not a dream
