[Verse 1] The road is dust again The gate still leans one way I hear the car cool down In the middle of the day The kitchen holds its breath A cup waits by the sink I stand there with my bag And don’t know what to think [Pre-Chorus] No sign on the wall No voice from the hill Only the room Getting still [Chorus] Casa da Serra Low in the ground I come in talking Then I hear the sound Casa da Serra Nothing to prove The house stays quiet And I start to move [Verse 2] A chair scrapes on the tile The table rocks a bit There’s sun across the floor And I sit down in it The window doesn’t close The fly comes in and goes The valley keeps its shape The afternoon slows [Pre-Chorus] No lesson to learn No message to find Only the room Changing my mind [Chorus] Casa da Serra Low in the ground I come in talking Then I hear the sound Casa da Serra Nothing to prove The house stays quiet And I start to move [Instrumental] Rhodes solo Flugelhorn answers Keep it loose and warm [Bridge] Not higher Not brighter Not far away Just this table This doorway This ordinary day Not calling Not shining Not asking for more Just the sound of my feet On the floor [Chorus] Casa da Serra Low in the ground I come in talking Then I hear the sound Casa da Serra Nothing to prove The house stays quiet And I start to move [Outro] The road is dust again The gate still leans one way The hills don’t say much out loud And I like them that way
