[Verse 1] I forgot how far we’d gone By the time the Center rose Where I used to live In the morning’s cold gold glow Four hours on the road And the sun was in the sky We saw his speech in time Now the deadline bites my spine [Pre-Chorus] Until two o’clock That was all he gave Give myself up Or be dragged away Loretta, hold the line Keep your shadow near I can taste the turn That fear makes clear [Chorus] She’s not here She’s not here My worst fear speaks She’s not here She’s not here And the silence leaks [Verse 2] At Loretta’s house we stopped Amadeo stayed with the transport Finbar climbed with me To the door that wouldn’t talk I pressed my finger down And the bell cut through the air We stood a minute there Still no breath came out to spare [Pre-Chorus] Again I tried Again I stood The hinge stayed still The dark stayed good No feet inside No hand, no sign Just my pulse And that deadline line [Chorus] She’s not here She’s not here My worst fear speaks She’s not here She’s not here And the silence leaks [Bridge] One minute like a tomb One more like a chain The road, the sun, the clock All burning in my brain Then Finbar said it soft And it broke me open wide “She’s not here,” he said And I felt the shadow rise [Final Chorus] She’s not here She’s not here My worst fear speaks She’s not here She’s not here And the silence leaks She’s not here She’s not here The door stays sealed She’s not here She’s not here And I bend, unreal
