[Verse 1] Rain beads on the fire escape Cold blue glass in the window frame Your last cigarette burns too fast A little red sun in the aftermath I read your name on a broken screen Half-lit words where you used to be The elevator hums below Like it knows what I don't know [Pre-Chorus] If I call, will the signal break? If I leave, what will the silence take? [Chorus] Smoke in the rain, running through my hands You disappear where the dead wires stand I keep your voice in the back of my brain A spark, a scar, smoke in the rain [Verse 2] Wet footprints cross the apartment floor One black coat by the metal door The city turns its coded face While your photograph loses shape I taste the ash, I taste the storm The things we were are still warm No train arrives, no warning light Just your ghost in the sodium white [Pre-Chorus] If I call, will the signal break? If I leave, what will the silence take? [Chorus] Smoke in the rain, running through my hands You disappear where the dead wires stand I keep your voice in the back of my brain A spark, a scar, smoke in the rain [Bridge] Let the towers bend Let the black clouds open I was never made To leave you unspoken If tomorrow comes With a different name I'll carry that ember Through the rain [Final Chorus] Smoke in the rain, burning through my hands I still reach out where the lost hearts stand I keep your voice like a permanent flame A spark, a scar, smoke in the rain Smoke in the rain Smoke in the rain [Outro] The cigarette dies The window stays bright I walk into weather And vanish from sight
