Keep The Light On

Keep The Light On

[Verse 1 - close vocal, sparse] She came in at closing though the place never closed rain on her shoulders and a question in her coat

She said I left something somewhere by the door but her hands were already holding what she came back for

[Pre-Chorus - held pauses] The coffee kept breathing the till counted on bright little numbers where the night had gone

[Chorus - restrained lift] Keep the light on not because it saves me keep the light on so I know where I have been there is a road line pulling straight through the rain keep the light on I might not come in again

[Verse 2 - lower, intimate] He was here at two or he was almost here some people leave a room and stay in the air

She folded the black wool like a flag no one flew said it made me look lonely but he already knew

[Pre-Chorus - more tension] The window held everybody the window let nobody through one side all fluorescent one side all blue

[Chorus - fuller but still close] Keep the light on not because it saves me keep the light on so I know where I have been there is a road line pulling straight through the rain keep the light on I might not come in again

[Bridge - almost spoken, exposed] If grief had a table it would sit by the glass order one black coffee and let the buses pass

[Final Chorus - release, not anthem] Keep the light on not because it saves me keep the light on so I know where I have been there is a road line pulling straight through the rain keep the light on I might not come in again

[Outro - unresolved] Keep the light on keep the light on not because it saves me just because it stays on