The Floor Remembers

Lyrics - The Floor Remembers

Intro

Mmm... mmm... mmm...

Verse 1

close-mic

The pattern wore away In the path between the stove and the door A woman walked there forty years And the floor became her feet The floor became her feet

Pre-Chorus

low vocal

The surface holds what happened The wax records the chair That was pushed back The night he didn't come home

Chorus

emotional

The floor remembers what we walk over The surface keeps the weight The floor remembers who was standing When the light went out When the light went out

Verse 2

My grandmother's kitchen had a stain Near the sink that nobody could name She said it was always there Her mother said it was always there The tile keeps the print of the child Who knelt to pick up a broken plate And cut her knee instead

Bridge

Bronze can be melted down Made into other bronzes Coins, weapons, arms But the floor Cannot be unwalked Cannot be unwalked

Final Chorus

full arrangement

The floor remembers what we walk over The surface keeps the weight The floor remembers who was standing When the light went out When the light went out

Outro

fading

Someone was here Someone bore weight Someone stood in this exact place And did not leave