Sing so softly my name Like a sparrow's evening throat It closes up It closes on the winter weather You or I or us awake now Call in favors Call in, sick Call for help To settle scores for all things better You and I, alone Pillow-talking patience Evening operations Dissecting you and I alone Just travelling through stations Frequencies and faces It's always you and I alone Along the cycles After all It seems our spare bedroom is cursed For new blood well rehearsed For something or someone to rise and recite what's worse Drift around the painted walls The keys don't work often if they work at all A dimly lit sign of retail and red alerts Where the spare bedroom is cursed It's new blood well rehearsed With something or someone to rise and recite who's worse Carefully select the next in line Carefully repeat or reconcile Carefully select the next in line Carefully repeat and reconcile It's always you and I, alone Pillow-talking patience Evening operations It's always you and I alone Just travelling through stations Frequencies and faces It's always you and I, alone