Plainly Spoken

Intro

Count the clicks between the pipes

One for the door

One for the lie

Verse 1

You left your coat on the kitchen chair

Still buttoned up like you planned to come back

I kept the receipt from the hardware store

Two brass keys and a length of black tape

You asked me once if I heard the knock

I said

"Which one?"

You looked at the clock

The hall was empty

The latch was clean

Tell me why you kept checking the chain

Pre-Chorus

You knew the room was locked from inside

Chorus

Say it plain

No extra words

You heard the knock

You heard me turn

Say it plain

Look where I stand

You held the key in your own right hand

Verse 2

At dawn the landlord came for the meter

You spoke for me before I could answer

Said I'd been sleeping

Said I'd been sick

Then asked him to leave the old bulb unfixed

That bulb was out for eleven nights

Still

You described what it showed in the light

The blue thread caught on the broken frame

Your sleeve had the same loose stitch

Same place

Pre-Chorus

You didn't ask what I found

You asked if I'd told anyone

Chorus

Say it plain

No extra words

You heard the knock

You heard me turn

Say it plain

Look where I stand

You held the key in your own right hand

Bridge

I never said there was blood on the floor

I never said whose name was under the door

You filled in both before I could speak

So tell me

Who were you trying to keep

Chorus

Say it plain

The clock can wait

You heard the knock

You chose the gate

Say it plain

No second hand

You held the key

You made the plan

Outro

Count the clicks between the pipes

One for the door

One for the lie