Lyrics
Intro
Porch light: once.
Now a dead bulb swinging.
Dog gone.
Fence rail split and leaning.
Screen door breathing on one hinge.
Verse 1
She walks beneath the dying moon,
Through beds of ash where no roses bloom.
Black silk drags through the gravel path,
Cold fingers tracing what the chapel hath.
A tinny prayer goes thin and weak,
Past the cracked glass and the churchyard leak.
Every candle slumps in its jar of wax,
For the Lady in black with the midnight stacks.
Pre-Chorus
My ribs go tight, my mouth goes dry,
My pulse hits hard behind my eyes.
Chorus
Oh... the way you come in close,
Like you know where I keep things.
You don't say much, just hold my coat
And stand there in the doorway.
The way you come in close,
Soft voice, sleeve brushed against me.
You take my hand like it's no big thing,
And the room goes quiet around us.
Post-Chorus
"Ah... ah... forever..."
"Ah... ah... never..."
Verse 2
Dust motes dance in sunless rooms,
The floorboards creak with phantom looms.
A chill breath whispers down the stair,
Empty frames hang in the air.
Cobwebs drape the forgotten chair,
A spectral presence everywhere.
The grandfather clock, its pendulum still,
Echoes a silence that gives you a chill.
Bridge
She doesn't ask, she takes the room,
Cuts the hush right down the middle.
She leaves a mark, then slips away,
A locked door humming in the hall.
Every goodbye knows her step,
Every empty bed remembers.
She is the thing you can't outrun,
The last cold word before the dark.
Final Chorus
The way you say my name,
Like you mean to keep it.
The colder the silence,
The harder I lean in.
The way you say my name,
Right there in the doorway.
You open the door
And I follow, all in.
Outro
"Follow..."
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