From Now On

Only secrets can be shared in the red room

We were canvas, we were witless

We were peering inside open doors

Bless your mother working shifts on the weekend

Crunching time to pay rent

While we learned what our bodies were for

How do we turn a spark into a forest fire?

'Cause the trees won't burn if the wood can't ever stay dry

Say it like you mean it or not at all

Keep my expectations warm

(So long, so long)

From the box room at Brownstone

(So long, so long)

To the house that we used to haunt

There's no before, no after, just from now on

I thought I was mighty, still I sway, still we sway

Throwing good things away, throwing good things away

How many times can I bite from the poison apple?

And how many times will the serpent change your mind?

Say it like you mean it or not at all

Keep my expectations warm

(So long, so long)

From the box room at Brownstone

(So long, so long)

To the house that we used to haunt

There's no before, no after, just from now on

November '22, I still feel you

In the shallows of the reef we were artefacts

Hidden gems amongst the sea glass that we'll never grasp

Swept away by different currents in our older age

When I dream, still hear you say, "stay, stay"

I wish I could have stayed

I wish I could have stayed

I wish I could have stayed, stayed, stayed, stayed

Say it like you mean it or not at all

Keep my expectations warm

From the box room at Brownstone

To the house that we used to haunt

There's no before, no after, just from now on