[Verse 1] By ten on the tenth, he was back in town Belém to Lisbon, then northbound down Second semester, the term was on Tucanito stayed with the weather on A few gray days in Tallinn air Boots by the door, coats everywhere Quiet evenings, the clocks moved slow And the thaw hid down where the gutters go [Pre-Chorus] Then the thirteenth came And the margins gave way All the things unsaid Would not stay [Chorus] Name it now, name it now Say it plain and let it live Name it now, name it now That was all the room we had to give (That was all) Name it now, name it now Nothing changed, but nothing stayed the same [Verse 2] Claire sat close in the little light Long talk through the edge of the night What she had carried, he heard at last What he had dodged came up from the past Still the title stayed where titles stand Chief cabin crew and employer-man We both knew the line, we both knew the load And the naming itself was the road [Pre-Chorus] Then spring came in With a changed-eyed day Erika arrived And the words made way [Chorus] Name it now, name it now Say it plain and let it live Name it now, name it now That was all the room we had to give (That was all) Name it now, name it now Nothing changed, but nothing stayed the same [Verse 3] April light on the city wall She knew the place, but not it all Not his books or the way he’d fill Every corner, every sill They walked and talked of root and green Urban growth and what might mean Land registry lines, skates on ice Infrastructure bonds, that old strange life [Bridge] By the eighteenth, close enough To hear the silences feel rough She went back north, but the thread held fast Each letter made the distance last (held fast) Across the water, through the days The talking grew in smaller ways [Final Chorus] Name it now, name it now Say it plain and let it live Name it now, name it now That was all the room we had to give (That was all) Name it now, name it now Spring keeps what the winter can’t contain Name it now, name it now What was named still stays in the grain
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