The aunt that died twice #NDC_Bingo [B4]

[Accordion solo] [Intro – spoken, near-whisper] I was just a lad, curious really — who might ring at that hour? Didn’t think twice… Picked up. Was my aunt… [Instrumental breakdown] [Verse 1] A voice came through — too sharp for someone so mild She asked where her dad had got to I said what I knew A truth no bigger than a match-head But it lit something wrong and from that day on I let it ring [Accordion interlude – soft and weary] [Verse 2] They sent her off to the green-tiled place where nurses drifted like smoke down the passageways She barked out names till the paint flaked back And my dad just stood there, all coat and silence [Chorus] That room had two suns but only one I could make out She followed the other — as if it might lead her out Even when her eyes shut they stayed on that route Somewhere between what was and what gave out [Accordion solo – strained and slow] [Verse 3] She went twice — once with the cancer’s toll And once long before though no one could say what stole her voice or bent the coal Now I’m left just holding the scroll [Bridge – spoken-sung, breath close to the mic] My old man folds grief like a pension letter creased and careful but never better Each bend a word he’d never utter Still — he keeps it proper [Chorus – hush, slow unraveling] That room had two suns but only one I could make out She followed the other — as if it might lead her out Even when her eyes shut they stayed on that route Somewhere between what was and what gave out [Outro – instrumental, with soft accordion and ambient breath]