[Intro] Drip—drip—drip Stone holds the cold Bells far away, counting [Verse] I learned the truth where the seams give up where cuffs keep salt and the hems keep dust iron dries dark, and it won’t lie long soap makes it speak when mouths stay shut I don’t ask for your eyes to rise I don’t chase what you won’t give I lay the towel like an altar cloth and wait where the water lives [Pre-Chorus] Say what you can with a fold of cloth say what you can with a knot of thread I can carry it in my hands all night but I won’t take it from your head [Chorus] Say yes or say no—plain as a bell wash now or burn it, keep it or tell cold water, clean hands, I’m still here holding the weight you won’t bring near say yes or say no—don’t make me guess I won’t give pardon, I’ll give you less less noise, less mercy, more true than kind a stain will leave, but I won’t unwind [Verse] Holy linen hangs like winter skin white that remembers every touch you bring your shirt like a sealed jar and you won’t look—so it costs you much my thumb finds heat in an old scorch mark counting knots where my prayers go thin I keep the rules like a door that locks so what I know can’t walk back in [Pre-Chorus] If you ask me what my fingers felt I will answer—careful, exact but if you demand I absolve the mess I’ll go quiet and wash the facts [Chorus] Say yes or say no—plain as a bell wash now or burn it, keep it or tell cold water, clean hands, I’m still here holding the weight you won’t bring near say yes or say no—don’t make me guess I won’t give pardon, I’ll give you less less noise, less mercy, more true than kind a stain will leave, but I won’t unwind [Bridge] Drip turns to drum, candle turns to glare stone-room breath in my hair I can make it clean without knowing why but I can’t unfeel what the fibers cry so choose—choose—choose before the water cools choose—choose—choose before the silence rules [Chorus] Say yes or say no—plain as a bell wash now or burn it, keep it or tell cold water, clean hands, I’m still here holding the weight you won’t bring near say yes or say no—don’t make me guess I won’t give pardon, I’ll give you less less noise, less mercy, more true than kind a stain will leave, but I won’t unwind [Outro] Drip—drip—drip Bells far away Stone keeps what water can’t take
