[Intro] The hallway clock is counting down A silver promise lost in town [Verse 1] I left the little ring beside The grocery list, the coat, the ride Now rain is tapping on the glass While every memory lets me pass Your photograph above the sink Keeps asking what I failed to think I search the pockets, drawer by drawer Then kneel beside the welcome mat once more [Pre-Chorus] I know the shape, I know the sound Of freedom turning in that lock But all I hold is empty ground And midnight on the lobby clock [Chorus] Where are you, keys to my room? I need the door, I need the proof That somewhere waits a place for me Beyond this cold entryway Where are you, keys I called my own? I’m stranded just outside my home If I could find you, I could turn And leave this lonely night behind [Verse 2] The neighbor’s cat slips through the gate The elevator groans and waits A paper cup rolls down the stairs Like it knows exactly what despair is I trace the route from train to shop Past the old blue mailbox stop A tiny flash beneath the bench Could be salvation, could be rain again [Pre-Chorus] I hear your ring inside my head A bright metallic lullaby The words I should have left unsaid Still circle every passing car [Chorus] Where are you, keys to my room? I need the door, I need the proof That somewhere waits a place for me Beyond this cold entryway Where are you, keys I called my own? I’m stranded just outside my home If I could find you, I could turn And leave this lonely night behind [Bridge] Maybe you fell where we first met Under the bench beside the café Maybe the night has kept you safe Until I’m brave enough to start again [Instrumental] [Final Chorus] Where are you, keys to my room? I need the door, I need the truth That somewhere waits a place for me Beyond this cold entryway Where are you, keys I called my own? I’m stranded, but I’m not alone The dawn will find me on my feet And maybe you beneath the seat [Outro] The locksmith sign begins to glow I laugh at what I’ll never know A spare key turns, the lock gives way I’ll find the old ones another day
