Room At The Crossroads

[Verse 1] There is a room where the roads run thin Where the dust comes up and the moon comes in Six chairs waiting in a crooked line One for the living and one for the signs Frankie lights a match with her back to the door Mallory laughs like she has been here before Mara keeps still with her red guitar Riley looks tired from counting the scars

[Pre-Chorus] Jonah taps time on the side of his knee Nobody speaks but they all look at me The city is burning in a windowpane Bright as a promise, mean as a name

[Chorus] In the room at the crossroads Nobody gets to leave clean Every road takes something Every song tells on me In the room at the crossroads The dark does not ask why We sit with the door half open And let the old world pass by

[Verse 2] There is candle wax on the table edge A blackbird shadow on the window ledge Boots on boards and wires on the floor The kind of quiet that wants one more Frankie says blood does not have to be loud Mallory hums with her head in the cloud Mara looks up like she heard a train Riley says nothing and sharpens the pain

[Pre-Chorus] Jonah taps time till the walls breathe slow Some things stay buried and some things glow The city keeps selling its borrowed light But it cannot buy what we brought here tonight

[Bridge] If I go north, I carry the wire If I go south, I carry the fire If I go east, I carry the name If I go west, I come back the same So I stay where the lamp burns low With the ones who know what I do not show

[Final Chorus] In the room at the crossroads Nobody gets to leave clean Every road takes something Every song tells on me In the room at the crossroads The dark does not ask why We sit with the door half open And let the old world pass by

[Outro] Room at the crossroads Hold us where we are One door to the desert One door to the stars Room at the crossroads Keep the candle low If the road comes calling Tell it we already know