Split the Difference

Verse 1

I count the tiles across the kitchen

Seven then eleven then a crack

The kettle hums a jagged rhythm

You left a note I never read

My hands keep folding into angles

Sharp enough to slice the air

Nothing here divides evenly

So I keep the remainder close

Pre-Chorus

Maybe I misfiled the good years

Maybe you were right to walk

Chorus

Split the difference down the middle

Split the difference down the middle

I am the odd one

You are the even

Split the difference down the middle

Verse 2

The clock ticks in a crooked pattern

Five then three then five again

I rehearse the things I should have said

Then file them under never mind

Your sweater hangs behind the door still

Grey and thin and out of shape

I wear it when the rooms get quiet

Pretend the sleeves are someone else

Pre-Chorus

Maybe I miscounted every signal

Maybe you were right to leave

Chorus

Split the difference down the middle

Split the difference down the middle

I am the odd one

You are the even

Split the difference down the middle

Bridge

Three steps forward

Two steps back

One long pause

Then nothing

Chorus

Split the difference down the middle

Split the difference down the middle

I am the odd one

You are the even

Split the difference down the middle