[Verse 1] I kept a room of borrowed pages Each one marked with someone's name I gave you lines from younger ages You took the book and left the frame [Pre-Chorus] Somewhere in your coat, my winter Somewhere in your hands, my June I can hear the page turns thinning Like a train that leaves too soon [Chorus] In the library of unreturned books I left you pieces, bound in blue Take the stories, take the years Every page still carries you Though the shelves are growing quiet Though the last one’s overdue I gave you something true to keep And it keeps a little piece of you [Post-Chorus: melodic vocal chops] Keep a little, keep a little Piece of you Keep a little, keep a little Piece of you [Verse 2] You borrowed the smell of my kitchen The joke I told when rain came down A map of every small forgiveness A pressed leaf found outside of town [Pre-Chorus] I don’t ask the door to open I don’t count what won’t come back Love is lending out your language Without asking for the stack [Chorus] In the library of unreturned books I left you pieces, bound in blue Take the stories, take the years Every page still carries you Though the shelves are growing quiet Though the last one’s overdue I gave you something true to keep And it keeps a little piece of you [Instrumental: progressive guitar and intricate IDM break, melodic vocal chops] [Bridge] If you find my handwriting years from now In the margin of a life you made Know I meant it when I passed it on No debt, no list, no price to pay [Final Chorus] In the library of unreturned books I left you pieces, bound in blue Take the stories, take the years Every page still carries you And the shelves can stand half-empty There is room for something new I gave you something true to keep And it keeps a little piece of you [Outro: melodic vocal chops] A little piece of you A little piece of you
