Lyric

My fingers rest against the handle

Cold silver under my thumb

Everything I meant to ask you

Is folded somewhere inside

A receipt, an old spare key

The note you changed three times

I could pull the drawer wide open

But I leave it where it is

The rain keeps tapping at the window

I let my hand fall to my side

Locked drawer, let it stay closed

I don't need another answer tonight

You said one thing, then changed it later

Till I stopped waiting for it to last

Locked drawer, keep what you already hold

The key, the note, the things we knew

I leave my hand beside me now

And let the handle go

I button up my coat downstairs

The lobby light is flickering

Water gathers near the doorway

Cars pull silver through the street

You'd talk about where we'd be next year

Then change it by the end of the week

Now the phone stays quiet in my pocket

And my hands don't shake the same

The door shuts somewhere behind me

Rain catches on my sleeves

Locked drawer, let it stay closed

I don't need another answer tonight

You said one thing, then changed it later

Till I stopped waiting for it to last

Locked drawer, keep what you already hold

The key, the note, the things we knew

I leave my hand beside me now

And let the handle go

At the curb, the light turns red

I watch the water run downhill

For once I don't rehearse your reasons

Or guess which one you meant

A bus rolls past and throws the rain

Across the toes of my shoes

I laugh once under my breath

And wait for green

Locked drawer, let it stay closed

The handle's cold beneath my hand no more

Your note is still upstairs inside it

Exactly where I left it before

Locked drawer, nothing needs moving

I know what's waiting there

The walking light comes on across the street

I cross and leave it there