Lyrics

Verse 1

The coffee's cold because we've been here long That's what time does to things that started warm The railing's cold because the metal knows the morning The water's grey because the sky is grey I don't read the water for meaning The water is water The cup on the bench is yours You brought it You haven't touched it in twenty minutes

Verse 2

The coffee's cold because you left it there That's what leaving does to things that someone held The railing's cold because it's been breathing the same air The water's grey because it hasn't happened yet The before doesn't have a colour We call it grey because we don't know What to call the thing That comes before the thing The cup on the bench is mine I'm holding it because my hands need something

Chorus

Same cup same bench same cold One says time and one says leaving Same water same grey same early One says water and one says before The railing holds us both The pier doesn't choose

Verse 3

The fishing line is taut - I say a fish You say the current The line goes slack - you say the current let go I say the fish got away Same result you say Different reason I say You almost smiled I saw the almost

Verse 4

A man walked past with an old dog He looked at the cup I said He was looking at the dog you said You don't know that I said You don't know he wasn't you said The water will be blue later I said The water will be something you said

Chorus

Same cup same bench same cold One says time and one says leaving Same water same grey same early One says water and one says before The railing holds us both The pier doesn't choose

Bridge

And the cup sits on the armrest Same spot same position Handle facing the same way Neither of us touches it Neither of us picks it up We just let it sit there Being what it is Being what we say it is

Chorus

Same cup same bench same cold One says time and one says leaving Same water same grey same early One says water and one says before The railing holds us both The pier doesn't choose

Outro

The water is water The water is the before The cup is a cup The cup is mine Same railing Same cold Same grey The pier goes on