White Shadow Room

The room had a white stain on the wall

Like a face that never learned my name

You stood by the broken blind slats

And the cold kept holding your shape

Dust on the chair, dust on my tongue

Your outline moved when I looked away

I said, "If you're here, then stay awhile"

You said nothing, but I heard you say

Don't turn your back now

Don't let the dark decide

I see your hands in the plaster

I see your eyes in the white

White shadow, stay with me

White shadow, stay with me

You cut the room in two

And I can't look through

White shadow, call my name

White shadow, call my name

(Fall back in) (fall back in)

(Fall back in) (fall back in)

The lamp buzzed low on the windowsill

The glass held a sick, pale glow

You leaned like smoke on the corner frame

Like you wanted me to know

I traced your line with a shaking breath

From the cracked paint to the floor

Then your face broke soft like paper

And I wanted you more and more

Don't turn your back now

Don't let the dark decide

I hear your heart in the ceiling

I hear it beat in the white

White shadow, stay with me

White shadow, stay with me

You cut the room in two

And I can't look through

White shadow, call my name

White shadow, call my name

(Fall back in) (fall back in)

(Fall back in) (fall back in)

I slept in the static of your shape

I woke to the taste of rain

If you are a ghost in a bright coat

Then haunt me again, again

White shadow, stay with me

White shadow, stay with me

You cut the room in two

And I can't look through

White shadow, call my name

White shadow, call my name

(Fall back in) (fall back in)

(Fall back in) (fall back in)