Library of Unreturned Books

[Verse 1]
I kept a room of borrowed pages
Each one marked with someone's name
I gave you lines from younger ages
You took the book and left the frame

[Pre-Chorus]
Somewhere in your coat, my winter
Somewhere in your hands, my June
I can hear the page turns thinning
Like a train that leaves too soon

[Chorus]
In the library of unreturned books
I left you pieces, bound in blue
Take the stories, take the years
Every page still carries you
Though the shelves are growing quiet
Though the last one’s overdue
I gave you something true to keep
And it keeps a little piece of you

[Post-Chorus: melodic vocal chops]
Keep a little, keep a little
Piece of you
Keep a little, keep a little
Piece of you

[Verse 2]
You borrowed the smell of my kitchen
The joke I told when rain came down
A map of every small forgiveness
A pressed leaf found outside of town

[Pre-Chorus]
I don’t ask the door to open
I don’t count what won’t come back
Love is lending out your language
Without asking for the stack

[Chorus]
In the library of unreturned books
I left you pieces, bound in blue
Take the stories, take the years
Every page still carries you
Though the shelves are growing quiet
Though the last one’s overdue
I gave you something true to keep
And it keeps a little piece of you

[Instrumental: progressive guitar and intricate IDM break, melodic vocal chops]

[Bridge]
If you find my handwriting years from now
In the margin of a life you made
Know I meant it when I passed it on
No debt, no list, no price to pay

[Final Chorus]
In the library of unreturned books
I left you pieces, bound in blue
Take the stories, take the years
Every page still carries you
And the shelves can stand half-empty
There is room for something new
I gave you something true to keep
And it keeps a little piece of you

[Outro: melodic vocal chops]
A little piece of you
A little piece of you