Ashtray on the Windowsill

[Verse 1]
Ashtray on the windowsill
Cold coffee in your favorite cup
Your jacket on the kitchen chair
Like you just got up
Static on the TV screen
Your book face down at page 19
Dust caught in the hallway light
Freeze-frame in between
[Chorus]
I keep your ghost in the small things
In the wrong keys
In the late rings
Every drawer
Every door
Keeps you still
I’m not okay
But I sit here
With your name carved in the veneer
Holding on to an ashtray on the windowsill
On the windowsill
On the windowsill (oh oh)
[Verse 2]
I talk to you at 2 a.m
Through the crack above the bathroom sink
Your sweater on the shower rail
Knows exactly what I think
I wear your cologne some nights
Just to see if it feels the same
Walk circles round the living room
Chasing your last name
[Chorus]
I keep your ghost in the small things
In the wrong keys
In the late rings
Every drawer
Every door
Keeps you still
I’m not okay
But I sit here
With your name carved in the veneer
Holding on to an ashtray on the windowsill
On the windowsill
On the windowsill (yeah)
[Bridge]
Maybe I should box it all
Leave the keys
Repaint the walls
But I just trace
Your outline in the air
Maybe you’re a missed call tone
Maybe I should let you go
I don’t
I won’t
I swear
[Chorus]
I keep your ghost in the small things
In the wrong keys
In the late rings
Every drawer
Every door
Keeps you still
I’m not okay
But I sit here
With your name carved in the veneer
Holding on to an ashtray on the windowsill
On the windowsill
On the windowsill (oh oh)
Just me and this ashtray on the windowsill

rock, Moody indie / alt-rock with new wave edge; male vocals in a low, intimate register that bloom into a strained, emotional chorus. Tight, chorus-soaked guitars and a pulsing bass lock to a dry, punchy drum groove. Verses sit in a dim, reverb-kissed pocket; choruses widen with synth pads, doubled vocals, and sharp, syncopated hi-hats. Final chorus pushes grit and saturation, then cuts to a lonely guitar and voice to end., alternative rock, moody, new wave, indie rock