Wednesdays (2025)

[Verse 1]

This church is a mess of jackets and crutches

Clutched pearls and buckets of ice

The dyed cotton candy blonde lady does the honor

Introducing all the family who fights

And the sunlight of late afternoon

Leans across the altar til it slaps the groom

The flowers were gathered in ribbons of blue

Clutched tight to her chest in her room

And the band played "Christ Is Risen Today"

While everybody waits

[Verse 2]

Your hair smells of lilac, roses and cinnamon

And waves moving slow across the rocks

Humid and heavy, clouds of salt water

Rusted the hands on the clocks

And I smoke cigarettes in the heat

Watching flamingos from the hotel balcony

My head was on fire and the bartenders knew

In cursive on the wall said "We're through"

And the band played slow

As I crawled into the taxi and I made my way home

[Chorus]

'Cause nobody knows that they are the fool

Til they're stranded in Coronado, drunk at the pool

Til the drinks carry off the burden it caused

To let go of things that you already lost

Oh woman, your silence brought me to my knees

Where I needed to be

[Verse 3]

San Diego was empty and we speeded on safely

Tears falling onto your dress

The ring on your finger it had disappeared slowly

You'd let go already, I guess

And you cried as we made our way home

Said you didn't want to leave but I could tell by the things that your ma and your pa didn't do

Like look me in the eye when we said goodbye

And the band on my hand says 'Wednesdays' as I prayed for your safety at night

[Chorus]

'Cause nobody knows what they really want

Til the car's full of boxes and you watch 'em drive off

And the cocaine and the pills and the drinks all wear off

And the cigarettes, they just make you cough

Oh woman, your silence brought me to my knees

Where I needed to be the most

[Verse 4]

The house is so quiet

I listen to the leaves fall from the lemon trees where

There's now too much room in this house built for two

Your side of the closet's so bare

I can still hear the sound of your voice

Calling my name like some midnight train

Rattlin' heart full of ghosts

Of everyone I lost, I miss you the most

And the plans we made fade like the sun setting on the coast

[Chorus]

'Cause nobody knows what they really need

Til it's too late to wait with no reason to wait

You wake up insane, screaming her name

But there's no one but me left to blame

Oh woman, your silence brought me to my knees

Where I needed to be

Oh woman, your silence brought me to my knees

Where I needed to be