[Verse 1]
I tucked your name in the seam of my coat
Walked home slow with a match in my throat
Milk-glass moon and a cracked front step
I still hear you in the pipes I swept
Your side of the bed got cold like rain
I count the tiles and I count that pain
One little hum in the freezer light
Takes me right back to that last good night
[Chorus]
Lost lullaby, lullaby
Stay on my tongue when I try to say goodbye
Lost lullaby, lullaby
You were the ache, you were the alibi
Oh, I keep singing low and I don’t know why
Lost lullaby, lullaby
[Verse 2]
Ash on my sleeve from the candle I blew
Your ghost in the glass where the water ran through
I wear your echo like a borrowed ring
Tiny and sharp, that broken thing
Every soft word turns to a blade in my mouth
I call your name and the room leans south
If I sleep, you come back in white
So I stay awake and I lose the night
[Chorus]
Lost lullaby, lullaby
Stay on my tongue when I try to say goodbye
Lost lullaby, lullaby
You were the ache, you were the alibi
Oh, I keep singing low and I don’t know why
Lost lullaby, lullaby
[Bridge]
[Half-time, breathy vocal]
If I let go, do you fade or stay
In the seam of the dark, in the bend of the day
I held you close till you turned to smoke
Now my heart keeps time with a cracked-back note
[Chorus]
Lost lullaby, lullaby
Stay on my tongue when I try to say goodbye
Lost lullaby, lullaby
You were the ache, you were the alibi
Oh, I keep singing low and I don’t know why
Lost lullaby, lullaby