The Long Tuesday

The fridge is humming a song I’ve heard before A steady rhythm while I stare at the kitchen door The coffee’s lukewarm, the steam has gone away Just another shade of this particular kind of grey You’re sitting there, reading the news in the dim light We haven't had a real word since Sunday night Just the sound of the pages turning slow... And a feeling in my chest that has nowhere left to go And the rain is streaking down the glass in lines We’re just two clocks, ticking out of time I want to reach out, I want to break the spell But we’re both just ringing a silent bell And it’s just a long Tuesday... in a long, long year The ghost of our passion is the only thing I hear We’re holding on tight, but we’re holding on to air A beautiful habit a desperate kind of prayer Just a slow burn that turned into a chill And we’re standing so quiet You ask me how my day was, I say "it was fine" We’re walking the same circle, the same worn-out line I remember when your touch felt like a sudden spark Now it’s just a flicker, a shadow in the dark I try to find the hunger, I try to find the rush But the silence between us is a heavy kind of crush Yeah, the rain is still falling, blurring out the street And the rhythm of our breathing is a tired kind of beat I want to scream something... just to hear a sound But we’re both just anchors, weighted to the ground... And it’s just a long Tuesday in a long, long year The ghost of our passion is the only thing I hear We’re holding on tight, but we’re holding on to air A beautiful habit, a desperate kind of prayer Just a slow burn... that turned into a chill And we’re standing so quiet I still love you... that’s the hardest part of all Watching the gold peel off the wall I’d rather be bored with you than be alone in the light And it’s just a long Tuesday... in a long, long year The ghost of our passion is the only thing I hear We’re holding on tight, but we’re holding on to air A beautiful habit... a desperate kind of prayer Just a slow burn... that turned into a chill And we’re standing so quiet