[Verse 1] Trying to write again With a cup gone cold beside the sink A half-sharpened pencil And a screen that won’t admit a thing I keep a grocery receipt Pinned under the plant by the door Names of streets, a bus stop, rain on tin Little scraps I’ve kept before [Pre-Chorus] I make a mark, then cross it out The page stays quiet, but it knows me now [Chorus] I’m trying to write again Like someone knocking from the hall Hands on the doorframe Mouth full of nothing at all I’m trying to write again With the window open, with the fan on low If I can catch one honest line Maybe that’s enough to let it go [Verse 2] The kettle clicks in the kitchen The neighbor’s radio leaks through the wall A train shakes the glass in the bathroom And I think, there it is after all Not some grand answer, just A blue sweater on the back of a chair My shoes by the mat, your keys in the bowl Proof that we were here [Pre-Chorus] I make a mark, then breathe it in The page stays open like a scarlet tin [Chorus] I’m trying to write again Like someone knocking from the hall Hands on the doorframe Mouth full of nothing at all I’m trying to write again With the window open, with the fan on low If I can catch one honest line Maybe that’s enough to let it go [Bridge] Maybe the song is just the light Across the sink at 6:15 Maybe it’s the cracked-back chair The way my voice comes back to me Not clean, not fixed Just carrying the shape of what I see [Final Chorus] I’m trying to write again While the dogs start barking down the block Coffee ring on the notebook Words coming loose, then coming back I’m trying to write again And this time I won’t make it pretty, no I’ll take the small stuff, the busted bits And let them be the only glow [Outro] Trying to write again Trying to write again Trying to write again Like it might find me first
