Track 1 of the EP Nine Time Zones Away · 2011
Nine Time Zones Away
“The very first song I wrote after leaving the chorus. Two kitchens, one clock, and a distance I could only measure in tea.”
art song · piano ballad · chamber song · 3:43
Lyrics
Your morning is my midnight The kettle sings in your small kitchen While I lie awake in lamplight Counting the line's soft static The phone is warm against my cheek Your voice arrives a little late Like starlight from a distant sun That left before the hour was set Nine time zones away But I can hear you breathe The sea between our windows Is only water, only weather Say my name again Let it cross the dark Nine time zones away And still you're in my heart You tell me of the rain at home The neighbour's dog, the market stall I tell you of the foreign moon That doesn't know your name at all We laugh, and then the silence stretches A held note neither of us ends Two people listening to a hum Like a long string between two friends Nine time zones away But I can hear you breathe The sea between our windows Is only water, only weather Say my name again Let it cross the dark Nine time zones away And still you're in my heart The call will drop, I know it will The little bars will fade But I will keep the sound of you Like music that I've made Goodnight to your bright morning Good morning to my night We are the same sky turning Just a different kind of light Nine time zones away But I can hear you breathe The sea between our windows Is only water, only weather Say my name again Let it cross the dark Nine time zones away And still you're in my heart Still you're in my heart Goodnight, goodnight, my love