The Midnight Fold

[Intro]
[Verse]
One a.m. on a Tuesday night
Fluorescent tubes are humming bright
I’m watching circles through the glass
Waiting for the time to pass
Just a lonely laundromat
Where the tired hearts are at
[Pre-Chorus]
Then I see a flash of blue
A little piece of me and you
Tucked inside the heavy load
A relic from a dusty road
[Chorus]
Folding this flannel in the dark
Still carries a tiny spark
Three years gone and miles away
But you decided you would stay
In the threads and in the seams
In the corners of my dreams
It’s a quiet kind of weight
Showing up a little late
[Post-Chorus]
Oh, the blue is fading fast
Nothing’s ever built to last
But I hold it for a while
With a heavy, hollow smile
[Verse]
I never said I liked your hair
When it was messy everywhere
I kept the silence far too long
Like a verse without a song
Now the dryer starts to beep
While the rest of the city sleep
[Pre-Chorus]
I check the pockets for a note
Something that you might have wrote
But there’s only bits of lint
And a faded floral scent
[Chorus]
Folding this flannel in the dark
Still carries a tiny spark
Three years gone and miles away
But you decided you would stay
In the threads and in the seams
In the corners of my dreams
It’s a quiet kind of weight
Showing up a little late
[Bridge]
It’s not a grand or tragic end
Just a message I won't send
A quiet ghost in cotton skin
Letting all the memories in
I’ll put it back upon the shelf
A secret I will keep myself
[Instrumental]
[Chorus]
Folding this flannel in the dark
Still carries a tiny spark
Three years gone and miles away
But you decided you would stay
In the threads and in the seams
In the corners of my dreams
It’s a quiet kind of weight
Showing up a little late
[Post-Chorus]
Oh, the blue is fading fast
Nothing’s ever built to last
But I hold it for a while
With a heavy, hollow smile
[Outro]