Lyric

I came in after midnight

And left the keys beside the door

The room did not ask me

To carry anymore

I turned the phone face down

Like a small moon gone dark

Took my shoes off slowly

And listened to my heart

The lamp stayed low and yellow

The couch held out its weight

I did not make a promise

I did not stay prepared

Let me be useless tonight

Let me be nothing you need

Let the room not ask me for anything

Let the dark sit down with me

My hands were not empty

Just because they were still

They rested on my knees

Without looking for a will

I watched the ceiling soften

Above my tired eyes

Nothing in the quiet

Needed me to rise

Nothing to prove

Nothing to hold

Nothing to fix

Before the night gets old

If I am not helping

Will I still be loved

If I do not answer

Will I still be enough

I have been the steady one

So long I disappeared

Tonight I want to stay here

Without being useful here

Let me be useless tonight

Let me be nothing you need

Let the room not ask me for anything

Let the dark sit down with me

Let me be useless tonight

Not gone, not giving in

Just a man inside the warm dark

Learning how to live