[VERSE 1] A glass of water waits beside the bed The curtain breathes against the night’s soft edge Streetlight threads a single gold idea Across the wall where no one’s listening still [VERSE 2] The hum beneath the quiet builds its case A slow debate between the clocks and space Somewhere the fridge releases its reply And every sound is someone else’s sigh [CHORUS] Nothing asks to mean a thing tonight It just exists, unmeasured by the mind The sheets remember how the body lies And time, politely, stays outside [VERSE 3] A small shoe leans against the skirting board Its twin long lost, or maybe just ignored A drawing fades beneath a magnet’s grip Paper curling like an unsent script [VERSE 4] The air still hums with distant afterthoughts The day unwinds, forgets what it forgot Dreams rehearse their scenes behind the door Footsteps fade that never reached the floor [CHORUS] Nothing asks to mean a thing tonight It just exists, unmeasured by the mind The sheets remember how the body lies And time, politely, stays outside [BRIDGE] Some truths dissolve too clean to name They echo softer than the sound they came Every pause between the breath and blink Holds a version of what we think we think [VERSE 5] A radiator ticks, rehearsing light applause For everything mundane that almost was The moon keeps orbit on indifferent terms And still the ceiling shifts, and still it learns [OUTRO] You close your eyes; the world stays on its course No moral arc, no unseen force Just the small machinery of being here Turning softly, year by year
