Left Unwritten

[Instrumental Intro]

[Verse 1]

The radiator hums in B-flat

Small envelopes stacked by the door

None of the waiting eyes look up

Ink smells like a wet street

[Pre-Chorus]

No one checks the back of the page

They just want the baby's breath

They want the rattle and the plastic

They want the pulse

[Chorus]

You called it hope

You called it hope

Every heartbeat signs another page

Every cradle builds another grave

Whose permission did you have?

[Verse 2]

Filing cabinets breathe behind the wall

I found a folder with your teeth

Just a record of the winter fever

The debt is hidden in the joy

One line at the bottom

You authorize the bone break

You authorize the long wait

[Pre-Chorus]

The pen is heavy in my hand

The clerk checks his watch again

Thousands of silent feet outside

Waiting for their turn

[Chorus]

You called it hope

You called it hope

Every heartbeat signs another page

Every cradle builds another grave

Whose permission did you have?

[Bridge]

The gears move behind the drywall

First cry

First fear

First funeral

It's all one long transaction

Why celebrate the open door?

When you see where it leads?

[Drop]

Left unwritten

Left unwritten

[Instrumental]

[Chorus]

You called it hope

You called it hope

Every heartbeat signs another page

Every cradle builds another grave

Whose permission did you have?

[Post-Chorus]

The page stays white

The paper stays cold

I am letting the machine starve

I am letting the ink dry

[Outro]

Stillness

Empty ink

Empty hands

Possibility