Lyric

The room was warm for someone

The window held the gray

I put my hands around the cup

And gave the heat away

I left the blanket folded

Where another body slept

Turned the dial a little higher

Like a promise I had kept

The hallway light was yellow

My shirt was thin and old

I moved around the quiet house

So nobody knew I was cold

I do not call it lonely

I do not call it kind

I just know where the warmth should go

And leave my own behind

I keep the heat on

So nobody knows I’m cold

I leave the light low

And carry what I don’t show

I keep the heat on

Like that is what love means

A room where someone else can rest

A fire I never keep

The kettle clicked behind me

The sink was full of light

I washed the cup, I closed the drawer

And made the morning right

There are ways to say I love you

Without making any sound

Like keeping winter from the door

While standing on the ground

My hands remember temperature

My chest remembers lack

I give the room its softness

And do not ask it back

I keep the heat on

So nobody knows I’m cold

I leave the light low

And carry what I don’t show

I keep the heat on

Like that is what love means

A room where someone else can rest

A fire I never keep

But what if I am freezing

In a house that I made warm

What if I am standing outside

The shelter of my own arms

Would anybody notice

If I stepped out of the glow

Or would they bless the room I kept

And never see me go

I keep the heat on

But not all of it is gone

There is a quiet flame in me

I have to leave it on

I keep the heat on

Not only for their sleep

Tonight I save one little spark

And let it stay with me