The Word I Didn't Say

The Word I Didn't Say

Verse 1

You talk about the weather like it's weather You talk about the doctor like it's news Your hands are on the wheel at ten and two The same as every year you ever drove The houses pass the houses pass the houses Each one with its own quiet and its chair And I am in the passenger seat listening To everything you say and don't say there

Chorus

The word I didn't say The word I didn't say It's the size of the house It's the size of the day

Verse 2

You tell me that the dog don't come to the door You tell me that the chair is where she sat You tell me that the foam shows through the arms Like bone, like something wearing through at last And I could say it now and you could hear it And nothing in the world would be the same But I am in the passenger seat listening To everything I never learned to name

Chorus

The word I didn't say The word I didn't say It's the size of the house It's the size of the day

Bridge

(spoken, over the engine) I'm telling you because someone should know I know That was the whole of it Forty years of road and kettle and the lawnmower And the whole of it was I know

Chorus

The word I didn't say The word I didn't say It's the size of the house It's the size of the day The word I didn't say The word I didn't say It's the size of the house It's the size of the day

Outro

The engine ticks The heater breathes The road goes on The road goes on The road goes on being the road And I go on being the one who didn't say it