Lyric

You came in quiet but the air went thin

Your keys hit hard against the table

I had a story halfway out

Then folded it into a cable

Your voice went low around the edges

The ceiling seemed to lower too

I learned the weather in your shoulders

Before a single word came through

I read the room

I read you first

I held my breath

And moved mine worse

I had a feeling of my own

But I could feel the walls decide

So I made space for what you carried

And pushed myself to the side

Your mood took the room

Before I had a place to stand

It filled up every corner

And slipped into my hands

Your mood took the room

I made my body understand

If I could keep the air from breaking

Maybe I could stay where I am

I stopped myself before the good news

I changed the subject into weather

I let my laughter lose its color

So yours could hold the room together

I put my wanting by the doorway

I placed my anger near the wall

I made my voice a softer hallway

For you to walk through after all

I read the room

I lost mine first

I knew your storm

Before it burst

Nobody told me I was leaving

Nobody asked me to go small

But every time your silence widened

I disappeared before the fall

Your mood took the room

Before I had a place to stand

It filled up every corner

And slipped into my hands

Your mood took the room

I made my body understand

If I could keep the air from breaking

Maybe I could stay where I am

I used to call it being careful

I used to call it being kind

But I was learning how to vanish

Before you changed your mind

Reading you was never love

It was fear with better timing

I kept the peace inside the room

By keeping my own light from shining

I let your mood take the room

Before I had a place to stand

I called it calm and held the ceiling

With both of my tired hands

I let your mood take the room

But now I finally understand

I cannot live inside your weather

And call that having somewhere to land

The air is still

The walls are blue

I leave the room

Before I read you