[INTRO — DISTANT RAIN, BIRDSONG, ONE GUITAR HARMONIC] [whispered] Do you hear that? [wind rises] That’s the sound of everything changing. [high, wordless vocal] Ah-ah-ah… Ah-ah-ah… [glitching guitar pulse enters] [VERSE 1] We came out after midnight The whole street wet and black You took my hand without a word I didn’t give it back There were headlights through the branches There was water on your shoes You said, “Do you ever wonder What we’d be if we just knew?” I said, “I don’t know” But I did [PRE-CHORUS] ’Cause every little thing Was telling me to stay The rain against the window Your fingers in my sleeve And I knew If I said your name I’d give the whole thing away [CHORUS] The trees don’t know That you’re leaving me The river doesn’t know What you mean to me The whole world keeps moving Like nothing changed But I know I know Something disappeared that day [POST-CHORUS — FALSETTO] Ooh-ooh… Something disappeared Ooh-ooh… Something disappeared [VERSE 2] We walked until the morning Started turning everything blue You talked about your future Like I wasn’t part of it too A bird began to singing Somewhere high above the road You looked at me and smiled Like you already knew I’d go I wanted to stop you I didn’t [PRE-CHORUS] And every little thing Was louder than before The water on the pavement The footsteps on the floor I knew If I held you I’d never let you go [CHORUS] The trees don’t know That you’re leaving me The river doesn’t know What you mean to me The whole world keeps moving Like nothing changed But I know I know Something disappeared that day [POST-CHORUS — BROKEN VOCAL + IDM PERCUSSION] Ah-ah-ah… Don’t disappear Ah-ah-ah… Don’t disappear [BRIDGE — NATURE SOUNDS ALONE, THEN VOCAL] Maybe that’s the cruel part Nothing stopped The rain kept falling The birds kept singing The river kept running And you kept walking [long silence] I stood there And let you [beat] [whisper] Go [FINAL CHORUS — WIDE GUITARS, STRINGS/PADS, VOCAL HARMONIES] The trees don’t know That you’re leaving me The river doesn’t know What you mean to me The whole world keeps moving Like nothing changed But I know I know I’ll never hear this place The same way again The trees don’t know They don’t know your name The river doesn’t know Why I stayed The whole world keeps moving Like nothing changed But I know I know I lost you here [OUTRO — RAIN + DISTANT VOCAL] Ah-ah-ah… The trees don’t know Ah-ah-ah… But I do.
