[Verse 1] I sealed the jar beneath the sink Behind the bleach and broken glass Took out the hinge, removed the name And watched the rubbish truck depart [Pre-Chorus] By Thursday, something tapped the pipe Three little knocks, then nothing more I blamed the boiler, blamed the rain Then found a footprint by the door [Chorus] I thought I’d got rid of you I signed the form, I changed the lock But every room keeps making space For what I swore I’d thrown away I thought I’d got rid of you The house disagrees with me [Verse 2] I painted over every mark With two thick coats of kitchen white The shape returned beneath the wall A patient stain beneath the light [Pre-Chorus] I burned the clothes, I cut the thread I scattered ash across the field At dawn it sat beside my shoe Still warm enough to make me kneel [Chorus] I thought I’d got rid of you I signed the form, I changed the lock But every room keeps making space For what I swore I’d thrown away I thought I’d got rid of you The house disagrees with me [Bridge] Maybe you were never in the jar Maybe you were never in the coat Maybe I kept the smallest part Underneath my tongue and throat [Instrumental] [Final Chorus] I thought I’d got rid of you I watched the last truck lose the road Now something hums beneath the floor And follows when I walk alone I thought I’d got rid of you But you return as what I know [Outro] Three little knocks inside the wall Three little knocks, and then my name
