Track Insight / Lyrics
I landed by the doorway, marked with tape
My corners smell of salt and open space
The lamp above is waiting, pale and still
I hold your old surroundings, shelf by shelf
I carried you from shoreline, door by door
With dust along my seams and salt on floor
You opened me beside a window wide
And set my books where evening light can slide
You lifted out the dishes, soft and white
And placed them in the cupboard, out of sight
Your footsteps made a rhythm, soft and slow
While I kept watch beneath the afterglow
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The walls are still adjusting to the sound
A kettle clicks, a chair scrapes, feet go round
We hardly know the words we mean to say
But room enough for one more day
Unpack the night, unpack the morning
Let every corner find its warning
The lamp is low, the boxes sway
Two quiet strangers find their way
Unpack the road, unpack the sea
Leave room for what we'll never be
No need to name the life we lost
Just break the seal and count the cost
I watched you fold the maps along the wall
A coat still hanging by the coat rack hall
The kettle breathes beside the empty shelf
And stranger hands become a kind of self
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The ceiling keeps the footsteps overhead
The winter light lies blue across the bed
We pass the salt and settle, side by side
With all our things in careful, quiet tide
Unpack the night, unpack the morning
Let every corner find its warning
The lamp is low, the boxes sway
Two quiet strangers find their way
Unpack the road, unpack the sea
Leave room for what we'll never be
No need to name the life we lost
Just break the seal and count the cost
And when the walls have learned our weight
The boards will keep our footsteps straight
No lighthouse beam can mark the land
But I will hold your hand, your hand
By evening, I am flattened, thin, and wide
Your books are shelved, your coat is by the side
The room has found a voice we both can trust
A little dust, a little light, a little dust
Unpack the night, unpack the morning
Let every corner find its warning
The lamp is low, the boxes sway
Two quiet strangers find their way
Unpack the road, unpack the sea
Leave room for what we'll never be
No need to name the life we lost
Just break the seal and count the cost
Unpack the home, unpack the sound
Two quiet strangers, safe and found
I'll keep the lamp beside the door
For salt, for dust, for floor, for more
When all is packed and shelves are full
I'll leave one light for you, pull
