Spare Room

Verse 1

Fingerpicked guitar and voice

The lease runs out in April, so we're doing it rightYou take the big room, I take the spare one at nightWe still share the kettle, we still share the stairsWe still say "morning" like two strangers passing there

Pre-Chorus

And I hear you laughing on the phoneThrough a wall that's far too thinAnd I hear you crying when you think I'm goneAnd I can't go in

Chorus

I'm sleeping in the spare room of our lifeSix feet and a wall away from you tonightWe were so good at loving, now we're good at being politeAnd I still leave the landing light on, just in caseI'm sleeping in the spare room of our life

Verse 2

Soft piano joins

We split the fridge in halves with a strip of tapeYou still buy the milk I like and leave it on my side by mistakeThere's a box of Christmas lights we can't decide who keepsSo it's sitting in the hallway where we both trip on it every week

Pre-Chorus

And I hear you laughing on the phoneThrough a wall that's far too thinAnd I hear you crying when you think I'm goneAnd I can't go in

Chorus

I'm sleeping in the spare room of our lifeSix feet and a wall away from you tonightWe were so good at loving, now we're good at being politeAnd I still leave the landing light on, just in caseI'm sleeping in the spare room of our life

Bridge

Falsetto, then building to a gritty belt

Last night I heard you knockJust once, and then you stoppedAnd I stood with my hand on the doorFor an hour, maybe moreAnd I didn't open itGod, I didn't open it

Final Chorus

Strings and full band, voice wide open

I'm sleeping in the spare room of our lifeSix feet and a wall away from you tonightWe were so good at loving, now we're good at saying goodbyeAnd in April there'll be boxes and a van and a keyAnd the wall will just be a wallIn somebody else's life

Outro

Guitar and voice, hushed

Landing lightGoodnight