[Intro] [Vinyl crackle and harpsichord alone, four bars, no drums] [Verse 1] I set one place at the long round table Poured the red and let the candle catch Every chair around me empty Every face along the wall is mine to watch They were open like that before the house was mine Mouths wide, eyes shut, one note held with no one here to hear [Pre-Chorus] [Sub bass enters, beat begins] So go on I am not leaving Go on [Chorus] [Choir enters low and wordless under the lead] Sing to me Whatever you were screaming, sing it to me I pulled up a chair to the sound of it Sing to me You screamed until it sang, so sing to me Nobody sat down for years, now sing to me [Verse 2] I know what a scream is, I have kept a few Kept them in the plaster where the paper hides the seam The same mouth does the singing, same throat, same breath The only difference is who stays in the room [Pre-Chorus] So go on I am still here Go on [Chorus] [Choir fuller, harmonies open] Sing to me Whatever you were screaming, sing it to me I pulled up a chair to the sound of it Sing to me You screamed until it sang, so sing to me Nobody sat down for years, now sing to me [Bridge] [Drums drop out, harpsichord and choir only] You are not a warning anymore You are the choir this house never had And somebody had to be the first to hear it that way [Choir swells, one held chord] [Chorus] [Beat returns, full choir] Sing to me Whatever you were screaming, sing it to me I pulled up a chair to the sound of it Sing to me You screamed until it sang, so sing to me Nobody sat down for years, now sing to me [Outro] [Choir thins to one voice, harpsichord alone] There is a chair across from me It has been waiting Come in, sit down They have started [Harpsichord, one last chord, then room tone] [End]
