[Intro]
You came home with the rain on your coat
Said the late train stalled, said you missed the last boat
I nodded once, set two plates by the flame
You kissed my cheek like the room had no name
[Verse 1 – Double Time]
Your phone face down by the bowl of keys
New little passcode, new perfume on your sleeve
You tell me, “Long day,” with your eyes on the floor
I hear that same name when you sleep by the door
I know the café where you say you meet Claire
I know there’s a second cup, I know he sits there
I know the Sunday you called your sister in June
You were parked three blocks from the Halcyon Room
I could’ve kicked the door, could’ve shattered the frame
Could’ve turned every secret to a public flame
But I watched you fold laundry and hum through the lie
While the boy in the hallway asked why you don’t cry
[Chorus – Half Time]
I know, I know, but I let the kettle sing
Let the quiet hold the weight of everything
You say my name like it still means home
I keep the truth where the hurt can’t show
[Verse 2 – Double Time]
There’s a receipt in the pocket of your blue coat
Two tickets, Friday, row eight, center note
You said you were working, you said you were tired
I found the small card with his handwriting wired
“Same place, same time,” and a little drawn heart
You left it beside the school forms and art
Our daughter made a sun with a crooked gold crown
I put the paper back, I didn’t turn it around
Now I move through the house like a man on a wire
One hand on the truth, one hand on the fire
I’m not blind, not lost, not too slow to see
I’m deciding what the truth is gonna make of me
[Chorus – Half Time]
I know, I know, but I let the kettle sing
Let the quiet hold the weight of everything
You say my name like it still means home
I keep the truth where the hurt can’t show
[Bridge – Half Time]
Tonight, the hall clock stumbles past two
Your suitcase is open; the blue dress is through
You stop at the doorway, your face gone still
I say, “Don’t explain. You don’t have to, if you will.”
[Female Solo – Late Entry]
I thought the silence meant you never knew
I thought the small things disappeared from view
I kept on leaving pieces in the room
And you kept making space enough to move
[Final Chorus – Duet]
[Male]
I know, I know, and the kettle’s gone cold
The words in my mouth are too heavy to hold
[Female]
I said your name like it still meant home
I watched you stay while I chose to roam
[Both]
The door stands open, the truth walks in
No clean way out, no way to begin again
[Outro]
The little gold sun is still taped to the wall
The house keeps the shape of us, after it all