The Half-Finished Line

[Intro]
[Verse]
The screen door creaks
The floorboards speak
A ghost of light
In the deep of night
I find your mug
A ceramic hug
With dried up clover
Now the summer's over
[Pre-Chorus]
On the dusty sill
Where time stands still
A pencil sketch
A memory to fetch
[Chorus]
You left the line undone
Under a setting sun
The words you never said
Are ringing in my head
The silence was the key
That finally set me free
In the quiet space
I find your face
[Verse]
Glass jars in a row
Lost their golden glow
The lid is rusted shut
Like a heavy gut
You taught me how to wait
By the garden gate
Without a single sound
On this hallowed ground
[Pre-Chorus]
The graphite is grey
Like the end of day
I trace the mark
In the rising dark
[Chorus]
You left the line undone
Under a setting sun
The words you never said
Are ringing in my head
The silence was the key
That finally set me free
In the quiet space
I find your face
[Bridge]
I used to think I needed more
Than the shadow on the floor
But the wisdom was the pause
The effect without the cause
Now the cello starts to swell
In this empty wooden shell
[Verse]
I hold the pencil tight
In the fading light
It wasn't in the books
Or the knowing looks
You didn't have to speak
To reach the mountain peak
The lesson was the rest
The heartbeat in the chest
[Chorus]
You left the line undone
Under a setting sun
The words you never said
Are ringing in my head
The silence was the key
That finally set me free
In the quiet space
I find your face
[Post-Chorus]
The quiet space
I find your face
The words you never said
Are ringing in my head
[Outro]