[Intro] The dust remembers where you stood A silver thread beneath the wood The little box begins to turn While all the sleeping candles burn [Verse 1] I kept your coat beside the chair Though winter left it empty there Your photograph has lost its face I trace the blur and hold the place A floorboard answers from below Three quiet knocks, then one more slow I tell myself the house is still But something breathes against the sill [Pre-Chorus] The hands have stopped at half-past two Yet every room still leads to you If love is only what remains Why does it answer when I say your name? [Chorus] Come back through the locked-room air Lay your cold hand in mine I built a shrine from broken things And called the ruin divine If heaven closes every door I’ll sleep beside the frame No grave can keep you far from me No silence hides your name [Verse 2] The mirror fogs without a breath A second figure waits beneath I turn, and find the hallway bare But hear your footsteps on the stair The roses blacken in their glass The months collapse, the hours pass I wear the ring you left behind It cuts a circle through my mind [Pre-Chorus] The walls lean closer when I pray The morning light forgets the day I know the shape of what I’ve done Still I would choose you, every one [Chorus] Come back through the locked-room air Lay your cold hand in mine I built a shrine from broken things And called the ruin divine If heaven closes every door I’ll sleep beside the frame No grave can keep you far from me No silence hides your name [Bridge] [Breathy whisper] Don’t leave the room Don’t wake the house Don’t let the little key run out [Controlled belt] I crossed the line, I paid the cost I kissed the shape of what I lost If you are gone, then take me too There is no world that isn’t you [Final Chorus] Come back through the locked-room air Lay your cold hand in mine Let every bell forget to ring Let every wound become a sign When all the windows turn to stone And all the clocks go blind I’ll keep the door forever wide For you to cross the line [Outro] [Whispered] The key is turning The room is listening I’m still here I’m still here [Instrumental] [Felt piano and warped music box fading into silence]
