[Verse 1] Five chairs beneath the flaking saints Dust settles where the daylight waits One counts the steps, one counts the rain One keeps a little winter in her name [Pre-Chorus] Your eyes are closed, the wires hum low A newer hour begins to show [Chorus] We are still here, almost still A cup goes cold on the window sill You turn your face, I leave mine bare Same air between us, altered there [Verse 2] One sleeve is dark with powdered stone One hums a note that isn't known A hand rests lightly on the rail A distant thought arrives, then fails [Pre-Chorus] The room holds more than walls can keep Five kinds of waking, none asleep [Chorus] We are still here, almost still A cup goes cold on the window sill You turn your face, I leave mine bare Same air between us, altered there [Bridge] Don't wake the room I hear the floorboards change their age A silver glitch behind the page Your closed eyes make a private sea And something modern passes through me [Final Chorus] We are still here, almost still The dust moves softly up the sill No explanation, no repair Same air between us, altered there [Outro] Stay where the quiet finds your skin Let every separate hour begin
