One For The Bartender

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Verse

The ice has gone to water now
Inside your heavy crystal glass
You held the room together somehow
While shadows passed us by like grass
The bass is humming underneath
A low and lazy, bruised kind of sound
We've said so much, we've said so much
Around the edge of this quiet ground

Chorus

So pour the rest before the night
Dissolves into the velvet dark
You listened to it all tonight
The hollow noise, the missing mark
One last glass for the keeper's ears
Before the silence takes the rest
Tonight the air is full of years
But nothing matters but the test

Verse

The coat check girl is looking tired
She knows the door is ready to swing
The stories that we've all required
Are fading from your silver tongue
You caught the drift, you caught the lie
You let the light fall dim on your face
We watched the hours secretly
Refuse to leave behind their trace

Chorus

So pour the rest before the night
Dissolves into the velvet dark
You listened to it all tonight
The hollow noise, the missing mark
One last glass for the keeper's ears
Before the silence takes the rest
Tonight the air is full of years
But nothing matters but the test

Bridge

The lemon peel is curled and dry
A small and honest, bitter thing
You learned to make the noise look shy
You learned how to make the shadows sing
Don't say goodbye, just take the sip
Let the liquid hold the weight
We'll keep the song inside the lip
Before the final, fading light

Chorus

So pour the rest before the night
Dissolves into the velvet dark
You listened to it all tonight
The hollow noise, the missing mark
One last glass for the keeper's ears
Before the silence takes the rest
Tonight the air is full of years
But nothing matters but the test

Outro

Just the glass
And the heat
And the beat
That you feel
Underneath