[Verse 1] You kept the spare key under the blue clay pot Said the lock was stiff, said the hallway was hot I watched you turn it with your Sunday face Then wipe the brass as if it left no trace [Pre-Chorus] You learned my sister’s coffee, my father’s cough You knew which floorboard gave the game away I let you in because you knew the house Not knowing you had measured every way out [Chorus] Perfidious, you made a kindness of the knife Said my name so gently while you divided up my life You took the truth and dressed it for the room Now every careful word you gave me blooms Perfidious, I know exactly what you did And I won’t make a shelter of the lie you hid [Verse 2] Your coat was on the chair the night she called You watched me read the message on the wall Then asked if I was tired, poured the tea And let the silence do your work for free [Pre-Chorus] You knew the dates, the names, the little signs The drawer where I kept the letters tied I let you stand beside me in the light While you rehearsed your alibi all night [Chorus] Perfidious, you made a kindness of the knife Said my name so gently while you divided up my life You took the truth and dressed it for the room Now every careful word you gave me blooms Perfidious, I know exactly what you did And I won’t make a shelter of the lie you hid [Bridge] Take the key, leave the coat Leave the story you rehearsed I can carry what I know You can carry what you were [Final Chorus] Perfidious, you made a kindness of the knife Said my name so gently while you divided up my life You took the truth and dressed it for the room But I have cleared the table, made you room Perfidious, I know exactly what you did And I won’t make a shelter of the lie you hid [Outro] The blue pot’s cracked; the key is on the sill The house is mine, and quiet by my will
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