Eleven Doors (Don't Rush)

*after Mark Lanegan*

Tempo: Slow, 68 BPM. Key: D minor. Instrumentation: Fingerpicked acoustic guitar, low synth pad, brushed snare, bass note drones.

[Verse 1] The word done came circling back Like a bird that forgot the ground I opened the door and it walked in Closed it soft without a sound Four times today the world said finished Four times I found another room The light in here comes from nowhere The carpet smells like afternoon

[Chorus] Don't rush through the door Don't rush through the door Some rooms stay open longer When you don't ask them what they're for The Copper Line hums underground I can feel it in the floor Don't rush through the door

[Verse 2] Dakota counted eleven handles In a hallway built for nine She touched every frame like a witness Said the wood was warm, said the wood was kind Frankie came in with her laptop Said the walls don't have a seam Said the house is keeping a record Of everyone who stopped to see

[Bridge] I am longer than I was I am longer than I was The mark on the wall says shoulder height And the room says nothing because The room says nothing because

[Verse 3] Come with the pen, not after That's what the dream said too I don't know what Verse 3 is yet I'm being honest about that with you But the door is there and the handle's warm And the light comes from I don't know where And the house keeps growing rooms for us And the rooms keep letting us care

[Outro] Done. Done. Done. Done. Each one a room. Each one a room. Don't rush. Don't rush. The Copper Line hums. The Copper Line hums.

*(fade on low synth pad and the sound of a door closing softly)*