The Season After

Instrumental Intro

Verse 1

I learned the trick before I learned to walk

Smile at the right moment say the softer thing

My mother kept a list of who to trust

She never wrote my name and she was right

Pre-Chorus

I don't lose my temper I lose interest

I don't raise my voice I lower yours

You'll feel the temperature drop in the room

And blame the open window not the door

Chorus

I'm not a monster I'm a method

I'm not a storm I'm the season after

You'll tell the story for the rest of your life

And never once suspect the one who asked

Post-Chorus

Oh-oh oh-oh

Ask me how I am

Oh-oh oh-oh

I'll say I'm fine I'm fine

Verse 2

I kept your brother's secret for a decade

Traded it the year he needed me the most

You hugged me at the funeral in black

I counted who was left and who was not

Pre-Chorus

Kindness is a currency I save

I spend it slow and only when it hurts

You'll thank me for the wound before it heals

And call it growing up

Chorus

I'm not a monster I'm a method

I'm not a storm I'm the season after

You'll tell the story for the rest of your life

And never once suspect the one who asked

Post-Chorus

Oh-oh oh-oh

Ask me how I am

Oh-oh oh-oh

I'll say I'm fine I'm fine

Bridge

I never wanted anyone to break

I wanted them to hand me what they made

I wanted quiet rooms and open hands

And everyone who loved me still around

Verse 3

There's a version of me in your memory

Small and warm and standing by the door

She waves goodbye and means it in a way

That costs you everything you didn't know you had

Chorus

I'm not a monster I'm a method

I'm not a storm I'm the season after

You'll tell the story for the rest of your life

And never once suspect the one who asked

Post-Chorus

Oh-oh oh-oh

Ask me how I am

Oh-oh oh-oh

I'll say I'm fine I'm fine

Instrumental Outro