Room Below Me

Lyrics

Verse 1
A motel clock forgets the hour
Dust gathers underneath the fan
You leave your coat beside the shower
Like you were never meant to stay

I taste the copper in the water
Your name bends softly in the glass
Every room becomes a border
Every door forgets to ask

Pre-Chorus
Hold still
The walls are listening
Hold still
Let the silence in

Chorus
I keep a room for you below me
Where the old pipes hum and turn
You can haunt me if you know me
You can take what you never learned

Slow down
Don’t make a sound
Your hands are cold
But I won’t let go now

Verse 2
A blue receipt beneath the mattress
Two black tickets, one-way fare
The saxophone inside the laundromat
Pulls a thread out of the air

You said the night could make us weightless
Then watched me sink through every floor
I wore your silence like a bracelet
Till it cut me to the bone

Pre-Chorus
Hold still
The walls are listening
Hold still
Let the silence in

Chorus
I keep a room for you below me
Where the old pipes hum and turn
You can haunt me if you know me
You can take what you never learned

Slow down
Don’t make a sound
Your hands are cold
But I won’t let go now

Bridge
If I disappear, don’t call my name
The hallway bends and comes back changed
If I disappear, leave on the light
I’m almost there, I’m almost white

Final Chorus
I keep a room for you below me
Where the old pipes hum and turn
You can haunt me if you know me
You can take what you never learned

Slow down
Don’t make a sound
Your hands are cold
But I won’t let go now

Outro
Hold still
The walls are listening
Hold still
Let the silence in