Grey Water (version 2)

Verse

Rain cuts the roof line, silver on slate

A small leak's started where the chimney plate meets

Sweeping the deck off my boots as I come in

Shake out my coat by the hook and start to climb up the stairs again

Windows steam up like a slow breath

Floorboards soft under bare feet on the risers

The kettle's already humming low

Steam rising in a thin, grey mist

Pre-Chorus

And what about you? Are you still here?

Or is this just me, left holding something wet and unclear

Chorus

Grey water running down the drain

Just a small leak, but it's not the same

I'm standing right where I stood before

Waiting for the sound of your footsteps on our floor

Verse

Bare feet on the landing, cold tile under my toes

The steam from the kettle curls like smoke off the roof line

Every window still runs with a thin silver haze

And I keep thinking maybe you'll turn up, soaked and quiet as a daze

I'm listening for the way the water runs in the sink

Hoping it's just your hand on the tap that makes it start to climb

Pre-Chorus

And what about you? Are you still here?

Or is this just me, left holding something wet and unclear

Chorus

Grey water running down the drain

Just a small leak, but it's not the same

I'm standing right where I stood before

Waiting for the sound of your footsteps on our floor

Bridge

Maybe you don't come back tonight

Maybe this is just how it always ends up

But still I'll run the tap until the water clears

And maybe that's all there is, just the steam and me standing here

Chorus

Grey water running down the drain

Just a small leak, but it's not the same

I'm standing right where I stood before

Waiting for the sound of your footsteps on our floor