Lyric

We kept the same small table

The same cups by the sink

You asked about my morning

I answered without thinking

The room was not unhappy

The chairs were still in place

But every careful sentence

Put distance in the space

We had not said it plainly

We had not closed the door

But something in the ceiling

Sat lower than before

Your hand was near my shoulder

Mine stayed around the glass

We were not out of love yet

Just losing where it passed

Low sky between us

Same town, different air

We could sit beside each other

And still not meet there

Low sky between us

No thunder, no goodbye

Just the weight of all the weather

We kept trying to deny

Same town, different air

Same love, less room

Same light in the window

Different kind of gloom

The buses kept on passing

The corner store stayed bright

You folded up the laundry

I turned away from sight

We spoke in softer measures

Like sound could bruise the walls

You smiled because you loved me

I felt the hallway fall

Low sky between us

Same town, different air

We could sit beside each other

And still not meet there

Low sky between us

No storm to push us through

Only clouds we never named

Hanging over me and you

Same town, different air

Same love, less room

Same hands at the table

Different kind of gloom

I did not want to leave you

You did not ask me to stay

We only watched the evening

Take color from the day

Maybe love can remain there

Under a ceiling pressed low

Still warm enough to hurt us

Too tired to make it grow

Low sky between us

Same town, different air

You were close enough to hold me

I was far enough to spare

Low sky between us

No clean and sudden end

Just two people breathing softly

Where the light could not ascend

Same town, different air

Same love, less room

Your face in the window

My name in the gloom