Tape Hiss Before The First Chord

[Intro]

[quiet tape hiss

Tiny click

Then lazy guitar strum]

[Verse 1]

Fog on the glass

Coffee gone cold

Mail on the table

Bills I still fold

You left your scarf

On the back of that chair

Smells like last autumn

Smells like you’re still there

[Chorus]

I play that same four-chord thought

Every string a slow confession

Every buzz a breaking word

Heart stuck in the tape hiss

Right before the first chord

[Verse 2]

Phone on the floor

Screen face-down

Voicemails unopened

But I stay every time

[Chorus]

I play that same four-chord thought

Till the rain forgets to fall

Mumble your name under breath

So it barely sounds at all

Every string a slow confession

Every buzz a breaking word

Heart stuck in the tape hiss

Right before the first chord

[Bridge]

If I press my ear

To the window frame

I can almost hear you

Laughing my name (oh)

If I press rewind

On this quiet room

All that comes back

Is the sound of you

[Chorus]

I play that same four-chord thought

Till the rain forgets to fall

Mumble your name under breath

So it barely sounds at all

Every string a slow confession

Every buzz a breaking word

Heart stuck in the tape hiss

Right before the first chord