Lyric

I left it in your coat

The brass key, cold as truth

On the hall table

Right beside the bill

You said you'd bring it back

Like it was small, like that

But the door kept waiting

And I kept waiting too

Now the lock looks wrong

On a room I knew by heart

Every step I take

Lands on the broken part

The brass key

Never came home to me

The brass key

Still turns in my memory

You kept the door

I kept the ache

The brass key

Was all it took to break

Your cup stayed on the shelf

With a stain of sweet cheap wine

And the coat rack held your shadow

For a little while

I dusted off the frame

I fixed the crooked shade

But the mirror at the dresser

Kept your name in place

Now the lock looks wrong

On a room I knew by heart

Every step I take

Lands on the broken part

The brass key

Never came home to me

The brass key

Still turns in my memory

You kept the door

I kept the ache

The brass key

Was all it took to break

If you found it in a drawer

In a pocket, in the dark

Would you hear me in the metal

Would you feel the missing spark?

I don't need your sorry

I don't need your lies

Just that little piece of silver

And the room it left behind

The brass key

Never came home to me

The brass key

Still turns in my memory

You kept the door

I kept the ache

The brass key

Was all it took to break

Bring it back

Or let it rust

The brass key

Knows enough for both of us