[Intro] [fingerpicked acoustic guitar, soft kick drum] (Mm-mm) (Oh) [Verse 1] [baritone male vocals] Small clicks from the radiator pipe Punctuate the evening blue Low C through the plaster lath Repeating just to get it right Missing every single seventh note Frayed music in the flue [Pre-Chorus] You were just a shadow on the floor Passing light beneath the hallway door I thought I wanted quiet I thought I wanted more [Chorus] [full band enters, harmonized vocals] Now the walls are wider than they were (Wider than they were) Since the song went out the window Now the silence is the only sound I hear (Only sound I hear) Ghostly patterns in the paintwork How do I miss someone I don't know The piano stayed But you had to go [Post-Chorus] [vocalizing] (Ah-ah) (Staying for the echo) [Verse 2] Tape across a cardboard seam Heavy boots upon the stairs Tossed out mail and empty space Framed within the yellow light A single scrap of sheet music Lying by the entrance wires [Pre-Chorus] I used to sigh when you began Angry at the clumsy rhythm of a man I thought I wanted quiet But I didn't understand [Chorus] [full band, driving drums] Now the walls are wider than they were (Wider than they were) Since the song went out the window Now the silence is the only sound I hear (Only sound I hear) Ghostly patterns in the paintwork How do I miss someone I don't know The piano stayed But you had to go [Bridge] [acoustic guitar, soft piano] The morning wait The evening rain The hollow state I knew your mistakes better than your name (Knew your name) [Guitar Solo] [Chorus] [full band, high energy] Now the walls are wider than they were (Wider than they were) Since the song went out the window Now the silence is the only sound I hear (Only sound I hear) Ghostly patterns in the paintwork How do I miss someone I don't know The piano stayed But you had to go [Instrumental Outro] [acoustic guitar fades out]
