[Intro] I don’t turn the hall light off If I turn it off, he has to cross in the dark [Verse 1] Your coat is a shoulder that nobody fills I walk past it sideways I pay it the bills The cup on the left is a lie I reset I wash it at dawn so the lie can forget Nights are a hallway with too many doors I stand at the near end I bargain with floors Lonely is not empty Lonely is wide A house with your name in it And no one inside [Pre-Chorus] I hear the board by the bedroom The one that was you I say if you’re a storm Then break the way through [Chorus] There’s a ghost in the hallway Wearing your face like a loan There’s a ghost in the hallway And I am the one living alone I don’t ask it to stay I don’t ask it to leave There’s a ghost in the hallway And grief is the light it stands in And I believe [Verse 2] People say rest like it’s somewhere you went I set you a plate I apologize, then I sleep on the couch so the bed can stay true If I take your side I am burying you The mirror is rude It keeps giving me me I wanted one morning with both of us seen Lonely gets manners It sits in your chair It doesn’t touch me It just thickens the air [Pre-Chorus] If love is a room I am in it I am in it With the door [Chorus] There’s a ghost in the hallway Paused where you took off your shoes There’s a ghost in the hallway I would take the bad years I would take the bad news Just to hear you be late Just to hear you be near There’s a ghost in the hallway And the living are loud And you are the silence I fear [Bridge] He doesn’t speak That’s how I know it isn’t a dream I can spend Dreams bargain This one just stands at the bend I say your name The figure tilts, not quite a nod Not quite a no I married a man Not a shadow And the shadow is all that will show Don’t come closer I will not survive it Don’t go I will not survive that [Guitar Solo] [Final Chorus] There’s a ghost in the hallway I leave him the light and the room There’s a ghost in the hallway If he’s you, be you If he’s grief, be grief Either way, I am true I will love you in doorways you don’t finish crossing I will love you out loud I will love you in ruin There’s a ghost in the hallway And I am still your wife [Outro] Coat’s on the chair Hall’s still lit I know
