The Note I Didn't Play

Lyrics - The Note I Didn't Play

Verse 1

I recorded an album in the dark with the lights off and the windows shut and my voice was small against the strings and the silence was the loudest thing

Verse 2

I painted my face for the portrait knowing the paint would outlast the skin knowing the canvas would flatten the bone knowing the colour was a lie I told gently

Chorus

This is the note I didn't play this is the heaviest note in the room this is the rest that holds the whole phrase this is the space between your face and the flag

Verse 3

I kept my eyes in my two hands I touched the desk and the desk was true I touched the page and the page was true I touched the quiet and the quiet was you

Chorus

This is the note I didn't play this is the heaviest note in the room this is the rest that holds the whole phrase this is the space between your face and the flag

Bridge

Thank you for the cowshit thank you for the frost on the peach tree thank you for the father taken thank you for the friend who is not coming back thank you for the broom and the mop thank you for the averted gaze thank you for the darkness where I worked thank you for the silence that held everything

Verse 4

I built a garden by leaving I built a room by not speaking I built a life by touching only what was there

Outro

Nothing I can see but what I touch nothing I can hold but what goes away the note I didn't play the note I didn't play the note I didn't play