In the Next Room

My favourite dress’s floral pattern

The eight different rings wrapped around Saturn

I feel beautiful on my own

But I was better because of you

The colours arrived in motion pictures

Made everything brighter, richer

But I wish that I could still

Watch those old films with you

Sometimes, I hear you laughing

In the next room

In the next room

It echoes down the halls and

Finds me too soon

Finds me too soon

So I will leave the door closed

And pretend I didn’t watch you go

And listen for your laughing

In the next room

In the next room

The static on your old-time radio

Used to keep me up all night, as a kid, you know

And now when I fall asleep

I often dream of you

And I fight through that same old static when

I see if there’s a voice I can hear again

Humming to a song, nodding to the news

Or maybe just laughing in the next room

Sometimes, I hear you laughing

In the next room

In the next room

It echoes down the halls and

Finds me too soon

Finds me too soon

So I will leave the door closed

And pretend I didn’t watch you go

And listen for your laughing

In the next room

In the next room

So I will leave the door closed

And pretend I didn’t watch you go

And listen for your laughing

In the next room

In the next room