Snow Slides Off the Roof At Once

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Intro: full band, cold open

Chorus

Five and something, the roof lets go
One long slide and the gutters ring
Snow slides off the roof, the whole thing
Then nothing — and I can stand nothing

Verse

Kettle cold, and the tap won't sing
Socks on tile, the tile below
Blanket folded, the lamp on low
Four fifty-two in the window's glow

Chorus

Five and something, the roof lets go
One long slide and the gutters ring
Snow slides off the roof, the whole thing
Then nothing — and I can stand nothing

Verse

Grey at the hem of the curtain string
Breath on the glass, two inches, no
Dust turns slow in the lamp, so slow
And the fridge hums on in the dark below

Chorus

Five and something, the roof lets go
One long slide and the gutters ring
Snow slides off the roof, the whole thing
Then nothing — and I can stand nothing

Bridge

I won't sleep. Fine. I'll sit it out.
Chair by the wall where the paint went thin.
Radiator knocks. Then quiet. Then in
the gutters ring, and the roof lets go

Chorus

Five and something, the roof lets go
One long slide and the gutters ring
Snow slides off the roof, the whole thing
Then nothing — and I can stand nothing

Outro

Nothing, and I can stand nothing
Snow slides off the roof, the whole thing
Nothing, and I can stand nothing