Salt Circles on the Floorboard

Verse 1

Wet wool on the porch

Small salt circles on the floorboard wood

You walked south

Far from the reach of the harbor

The kitchen tile turned cold

Hungry ghost in the hall cupboard

Twelve years thin

Wait for the sound of a closing door

Chorus

Give it back

Please give it back

Weight of the water inside my chest

The hollow of the room where we used to rest

Give it back

Just give it back

Post-Chorus

Moving slow

Always moving slow

Nowhere left for the winter to go

Let it go

Verse 2

Dust on the lens

Shadow moves across the white paper

Burnt blue film

Developing late in the back of my mind

Heavy heart

Heavy hands

Heavy head

Scraping the salt from the windowsill plate

Everything stays the same

Until it doesnt

Chorus

Give it back

Please give it back

Weight of the water inside my chest

The hollow of the room where we used to rest

Give it back

Just give it back

Bridge

Maybe it stays buried

Maybe it stays quiet

Maybe it stays whole

Like a stone in a well

Dropping forever

Never hitting the mud

I can't remember your face

Without seeing the shadow

Chorus

Give it back

Please give it back

Weight of the water inside my chest

The hollow of the room where we used to rest

Give it back

Just give it back

Outro

Salt circles on the floor

Wait for the door

Wait for the door

Twelve years thin

Twelve years gone