Elevator Music

Verse 1

The doors slide shut on floor eleven

I count the beige beneath the haze

A canned piano plays toward heaven

While I rehearse my stolen days

(Ascend)

Pre-Chorus

Every ding a little death

Every floor a breath I borrow

Chorus

Oh the music meant to soothe me

Hums a promise it can't keep

Between the closing and the coming

I grow older in the wings

Verse 2

The mirrored gold repeats my trouble

A stranger's face I half-believe

The ceiling chorus muffles doubles

Of the warnings that I weave

(Ascend)

Pre-Chorus

Every ding a little death

Every floor a breath I borrow

Chorus

Oh the music meant to soothe me

Hums a promise it can't keep

Between the closing and the coming

I grow older in the wings

Bridge

And when the last chime finds me

I step into the light

Playing elevator music

For my own unseen grief

Chorus

Oh the music that would soothe me

Hums a promise it can't keep

Between the closing and the coming

I grow older in the wings