[Verse 1] He plants one chair in the sand Beside a stranger’s blue plaid seat Folds the legs with careful hands Like he’s setting down a heartbeat His ring still marks the tan line On a wrist that never healed right [Verse 2] She’s got a paperback and sunblock A straw hat shadowing her chin She nods like she’s seen this weather Like she knows how days begin He says, "Mind if I sit here?" She says, "Honey, you already did" [Pre-Chorus] The wind pulls salt from the water The sky turns copper slow He looks at that empty shoreline Like it knows what he won’t know [Chorus] Two chairs, one umbrella Same shade, same shore Two chairs, one umbrella And a little more By the time the sun goes under They’re not strangers anymore Two chairs, one umbrella And a little more [Verse 3] He tells her about his wife’s laugh How it bounced off the kitchen walls How the house got loud with nothing After the funerals and calls She says her son stopped writing When the pills got in the way So she comes here every summer Just to watch the water stay [Pre-Chorus] Now the tide keeps coming closer Like it means to hear them through He shares the story of the widow She shares the scar behind her shoe [Chorus] Two chairs, one umbrella Same shade, same shore Two chairs, one umbrella And a little more By the time the sun goes under They’re not strangers anymore Two chairs, one umbrella And a little more [Instrumental Solo] [Bridge] He admits he still sets two plates Out of habit and hope She says she keeps an extra towel For the days she might not cope Then she laughs at how the sunlight Catches gold in his old ring He laughs back, surprised to find His chest still knows how to sing [Final Chorus] Two chairs, one umbrella Same shade, same shore Two chairs, one umbrella And a little more By the time the dark comes walking They’ve both told the truth before Two chairs, one umbrella And a little more [Outro] The beach goes soft and silver The beach goes soft and silver Their footprints blur away But the place where they were sitting Still feels warm at the end of day
