Lyrics
The room is full of echoes now The curtains gone, the shelves are bare Pale squares along the wallpaper Where all our photographs were there I measure my height on the door frame The pencil marks still climbing there I run my hand along the pencil And leave the winter in the air The last box is taped shut The hallway holds the light I say goodbye to every room And turn the key tonight The last box is taped shut But the house keeps all it gave The warm that lived in every wall Goes with me when I go The garden gate still swings and sighs The apple tree has dropped its leaves I take one from the kitchen step And tuck it in my sleeve The last box is taped shut The hallway holds the light I say goodbye to every room And turn the key tonight The last box is taped shut But the house keeps all it gave The warm that lived in every wall Goes with me when I go Someone else will hang their coat On the hook beside the door Someone else will learn the stairs That creak the same as before The last box is taped shut The hallway holds the light I say goodbye to every room And turn the key tonight The last box is taped shut But the house keeps all it gave The warm that lived in every wall Goes with me when I go Goes with me, goes with me Soft and slow, I go