Verse 1: Female

The kettle clicks; the flat goes quiet again

Your name comes up in a message from an old friend

I fold the towels, set one plate by the sink

Then leave the tea untouched and watch the evening thin

Verse 2: Male

I know that look from the photos you don’t post

A birthday candle, one small wish, a paper toast

We learned to carry whole years without a sound

And still some nights the missing takes the whole room down

Pre-Chorus: Female

I’m not asking you to mend what time has done

Just sit beside me till the morning comes

Chorus: Duet

We are not too late, not past our best

Still tender-hearted under all this carefulness

If love has left us with a chair pulled out