Verse
Filter catches what the water leaves
Fine grey film across the mesh
I know it's mine
I know it isn't
Skin cells in the drain again
Static on the glass this morning
Dust in lines where light comes through
I know I moved
I know I didn't
Same print pressed on every surface
Pre-Chorus
Tell me what the filter keeps
Tell me what it lets go through
I know it's nothing
I know it's everything
Chorus
Residue of a former self
Residue, it won't dissolve
Residue of a former self
Caught in the mesh, it won't dissolve
Verse
Coffee ring, a week old now
Circle where the cup once stood
I know that's not me
I know it is
Shape outlasts the thing that made it
Air vent hums the same low note
Particles keep settling down
I know I'm moving
I know I'm still
Layer on layer, never lifted
Pre-Chorus
Tell me what the filter keeps
Tell me what it lets go through
I know it's nothing
I know it's everything
Chorus
Residue of a former self
Residue, it won't dissolve
Residue of a former self
Caught in the mesh, it won't dissolve
Bridge
Wash it clean
It comes back thicker
Wash it clean
The stain gets faster
Nothing left
But it keeps arriving
Nothing left
And still it's rising
Chorus
Residue of a former self
Residue, it won't dissolve
Residue of a former self
Caught in the mesh, it won't dissolve
