Remainder

Verse 1

I count the tiles from the door to my bed

Seven across then a crack that I skip

Morning arrives like a stranger I know

Nothing to sign and no one to owe

Pre-Chorus

So I pace

And I pace

Till the numbers lose their place

Chorus

Odd times never divide clean

Odd times leave a remainder of me

I split the day into halves I can hold

Odd times never divide clean

Verse 2

My brother calls and I let the phone ring

Twice then a third then I answer and stall

He says the weather is fine where he lives

I say the same about nothing at all

Pre-Chorus

So I wait

And I wait

Till the waiting starts to grate

Chorus

Odd times never divide clean

Odd times leave a remainder of me

I split the day into halves I can hold

Odd times never divide clean

Bridge

Five counts

Then four

Then a pause I can't ignore

Three counts

Then two

Then I'm back where I was before

Chorus

Odd times never divide clean

Odd times leave a remainder of me

I break the week into pieces of eight

Odd times never divide clean

(Odd times)

(Odd times)

Never divide clean