Lyrics

Boarding Up the House - Emily Hickey

It?s not like it wasn?t just a night
Or that there was very much to say
As she stood there folding he poured them more coffee
Boarding up the house until the spring

I watched through the salted windowpane
It framed up their night in a museum
I could just make their murmurs
Words caught in the curtains
I couldn?t help but watch them anyway

And down in the sand here
I watched and it moved me
Abstractions that don?t surface in the days
And clear in their movements
Were years of these moments
Forgotten, they never went away

It?s not like we get to rewind
She cleaned the jars like every other time
He fastened the storm screens, she drew the curtains
I could still make their shadows from the light

And down in the sand here
I watched and it moved me
Abstractions that don?t surface in the days
And clear in their movements
Were years of these moments
Forgotten, they never went away
Forgotten, they never went away