Ⅵ - The Lovers - June and Nolan

[Verse 1] There’s a stain on the counter I swear it wasn’t there Same cup, same corner Same velvet air I trace it with a finger It pulses like a sign The diner’s cold and quiet But it’s not just mine [Pre-Chorus] The door swings like a secret The glass lets in the rain And he walks in — slow and silent Like a poem full of pain [Chorus] He plays with the keys to Room 77 Smiles like a ghost that just fell from heaven Eyes like a mirror, lips like sin I feel the end before it begins He plays with the keys to Room 77 Says, “It’s time” — like it’s written in heaven [Verse 2] He’s the clerk from the lobby But now he’s dressed in light He’s androgynous and golden He turns the left, not the right I smell the jasmine blooming Though no flower’s in the room He sits beside my shadow And the diner hums a tune [Pre-Chorus] I don’t ask him questions He doesn’t say my name But his hand rests near the sugar Like it’s always been the same [Chorus] He plays with the keys to Room 77 Smiles like death in a silk-lined heaven Eyes like mercury, breath like snow He tells me, “Leave what you think you know” He plays with the keys to Room 77 And the clocks all stop at eleven-eleven [Bridge] I was the coffee He was the flame We were the silence Without a name I was the morning He was the smoke We were a story That no one spoke [Final Chorus] He plays with the keys to Room 77 The brume pulls close, the stars unfasten My body fades, my soul feels light Her body fades, my soulmate the night Our bodies finally fade, into the light We disappear behind the night [Outro] And on the stone, it’s written: June & Nolan