Lyrics: Silas Reed
Music: Silas Reed
Key on the counter
Ice bucket crown on a bible
TV glow in the mirror
Makes a stranger outta me
Half-full paper cup
Lipstick ring from the last one
Left her note in the drawer
Then I pretended not to read
Room 217
Check-in at midnight
Same old bed
Brand-new mistakes
I keep lying to the ceiling fan
Say I’ll change
Then I let it wait
If the walls could give me advice
They’d charge by the truth I waste
Room 217
Check-in at midnight
Pay cash for yesterday
Her picture’s in my wallet
Creased through the middle of her smile
Kids in the background waving
I ain’t called them in a while
There’s a dent in this suitcase
From the night I almost left
Got as far as the driveway
Turned around
Blamed the cigarettes
Room 217
Check-in at midnight
Same old bed
Brand-new mistakes
I keep lying to the ceiling fan
Say I’ll change
Then I let it wait
If the walls could give me advice
They’d charge by the truth I waste
Room 217
Check-in at midnight
Pay cash for yesterday
I used to be the future
Now I’m just the in-between
A husband on a key ring
In a pocket full of receipts
I count every cracked tile
Like I’m tallying my years
There’s a lifetime in this ice machine
Humming over all my fears
Room 217
Check-in at midnight
Same old bed
Brand-new mistakes
I keep lying to the ceiling fan
Say I’ll change
Then I let it wait
If the walls could give me advice
They’d bill me for the time I waste
Room 217
Check-in at midnight
Turn the light off on my face
Do not disturb on the handle
Alarm set for the break of day
I’ll be gone before the sunlight
But my shadow’s gonna stay