[VERSE 1] The door scraped once across the floor My old band poster, taped once more The print had faded, tape was new You’d caught the tear before it grew My school coat waited on the chair One button fixed with blue thread there The curtains smelled of laundry soap The bed lay smooth beneath the throw [PRE-CHORUS] Three open boxes by the wall Black marker uncapped in my hand I wrote KEEP across the first Then wrote it on them all [CHORUS] You kept the bed made I stayed away You fixed what came loose And kept my place Now my name’s on the boxes Black across the tape You kept the bed made I came home late [POST-CHORUS] Bed made Stayed away Name on the tape Came home late [VERSE 2] The bottom drawer gave with a crack Bus stubs, hair ties, one cassette gone slack Your note said, Take care in the rain No date underneath it, only my name [PRE-CHORUS] You never wrote I miss you You mended instead The cuff of my sweater The sheet on the bed [CHORUS] You kept the bed made I stayed away You fixed what came loose And kept my place Now my name’s on the boxes Black across the tape You kept the bed made I came home late [POST-CHORUS 2] Bed made Mended seams Blue thread running Through everything [Instrumental] [BRIDGE] I pulled at one corner The fitted sheet snapped One silver hair Was caught in the hem Blue stitches held Where the elastic split I knew that blue thread From the coat on the chair I sat on the floor With the sheet in my lap I folded it once Then laid it back flat [FINAL CHORUS] You kept the bed made I stayed away You fixed what came loose And kept my place Now my name’s on the boxes Black across the tape You kept the bed made I came home late [OUTRO] Bed made Stayed away Name on the tape Came home late I pulled the sheet tight Then smoothed every crease My hands made the bed Before I could leave
