Roof Door Propped With a Brick

Lyrics

Up the back stairs in my socks
Past the bikes and the broken clock
The roof door's propped with a brick
Someone left it, I don't know who
The whole town's still blue and quiet
Not a single window lit

I couldn't sleep, I couldn't stay
I wanted to meet the day halfway

So I'm sitting on the rooftop at dawn
Watching the first grey turn to gold
Everything I was afraid of
Looks small from up here, looks slow
Pigeons shuffle on the chimney
Kettle steam from far below
I'm sitting on the rooftop at dawn
And the morning's letting me know

There's a dish aerial and a chair
Left out in the weather there
A mug with a ring of rain
Somebody else comes up here too
We have never met, but we share
This one small piece of sky

I couldn't sleep, I couldn't stay
I wanted to meet the day halfway

So I'm sitting on the rooftop at dawn
Watching the first grey turn to gold
Everything I was afraid of
Looks small from up here, looks slow
Pigeons shuffle on the chimney
Kettle steam from far below
I'm sitting on the rooftop at dawn
And the morning's letting me know

Maybe nothing's solved by sunrise
Maybe that was never the deal
But the light comes in so gently
That I almost think I'm healed

So I'm sitting on the rooftop at dawn
Watching the first grey turn to gold
Everything I was afraid of
Looks small from up here, looks slow
Pigeons shuffle on the chimney
Kettle steam from far below
I'm sitting on the rooftop at dawn
And I think I'm ready to go

I'll leave the brick where I found it
For whoever climbs up next