[Intro – EMO:Empty Morning – Male Vocalist – No drums yet] *vinyl crackle, distant rain outside window, slow Fender Rhodes minor chord swells, mournful tenor saxophone breath* Mm Half the bed Half the bed is empty [Verse 1 – EMO:Quiet Grief – Male Vocalist – Rhodes minor chords, walking bass enters slow, brushed drums soft] Woke up at six thirty The alarm wasn't even on Just my body still remembering A schedule that's already gone The light was coming through the window On the side where you used to lay And the indent in the pillow Was the last thing of you to stay I didn't get up for an hour I just laid there in the cold Of the space your body warmed For seven years I was told Would always be there [Pre-Chorus – EMO:Naming The Absence – Male Vocalist – saxophone enters mournful, strings warm but sad] Now there's coffee for one And the mug you used is clean And it sits there on the counter Like a question I can't read [Chorus – EMO:Wounded Smooth Soul – Male Vocalist + layered falsetto harmonies – walking bass, mournful sax, congas, brushed drums] Half the bed Half the bed Is the math of all I've done Half the bed Half the bed Is the answer to the sum I been doing it your way For all the years I tried Now there's half a bed and half a man And nothing to decide Half the bed [Verse 2 – EMO:The Inventory – Male Vocalist – groove deepens, sax weaves mournful] Your chair is at the table still I haven't moved it from the spot Your books are on the shelf I built Where you said they fit and they ought The hairbrush on the dresser With the strands still caught in it I should throw it in the garbage But I haven't, not one bit The way the closet's half-empty The way your side of the sink is dry The way the dog still goes to the door At the time you used to arrive [Pre-Chorus – EMO:Sax Crying – Male Vocalist – saxophone fuller and aching, strings widen sad] Now there's coffee for one And the mug you used is clean And it sits there on the counter Like a question I can't read [Chorus – EMO:Wounded Smooth Soul – Male Vocalist + fuller harmonies] Half the bed Half the bed Is the math of all I've done Half the bed Half the bed Is the answer to the sum I been doing it your way For all the years I tried Now there's half a bed and half a man And nothing to decide Half the bed [Saxophone Solo – EMO:Mournful Tenor Sax – instrumental break – sax takes the lead, long aching melodic lines, Rhodes and walking bass underneath] *tenor saxophone solo carries a mournful melodic line for eight bars, warm and grieving* [Bridge – EMO:The Break – Male Vocalist – production thins, Rhodes and bass only, exposed vocal, audible crack] I'm not asking you to come back I'm not asking for the door I'm just telling you the truth That nobody else will hear no more About the way I loved you About the way I do About the math that doesn't work out When the half of me is you Half the bed Half the bed Is the only honest thing I got left to say [Final Chorus – EMO:Full Wounded Smooth Soul – Male Vocalist + widest harmonies – sax weaving aching, full production] Half the bed Half the bed Is the math of all I've done Half the bed Half the bed Is the answer to the sum I been doing it your way For all the years I tried Now there's half a bed and half a man And nothing to decide Half the bed Half the bed [Outro – EMO:Empty Apartment Fade – Male Vocalist – sax tail, Rhodes minor sustaining, rain continues] *tenor saxophone tail mournful, Rhodes minor chord sustaining, distant rain, vinyl crackle* Half the bed Half the bed Baby *rain, vinyl fade*
