Sax on the Stairwell

[Verse 1]
You left your perfume
On my gray coat
Now every hallway
Feels like a ghost
I still make room
For your shoes by the door
Like you might walk in
And ruin me more

[Pre-Chorus]
I read your last text
Till the screen goes dim
My heart keeps folding
Where your hands have been
And I don't hate you
That would be easy
I just keep loving
What broke me slowly

[Chorus]
Play that sax again
Let it hurt me right
Play that sax again
In the empty night
I still want you close
Even now, even now
Play that sax again
Break me down, break me down

[Verse 2]
Your name on my tongue
Tastes like rain
I say it alone
Then I say it again
You wore my goodbye
Like it fit you well
I wore your silence
Like a wedding bell

[Pre-Chorus]
I keep your face
In the back of my mind
A pretty sad place
That I can't leave behind
You moved on clean
I moved on in pieces
Still tracing the shape
Of where your grief is

[Chorus]
Play that sax again
Let it hurt me right
Play that sax again
In the empty night
I still want you close
Even now, even now
Play that sax again
Break me down, break me down

[Bridge]
If love is a room
Then mine got no floor
I keep falling through
That same old door
Say my name softly
Like you used to do
Then leave me there
With the ache of you

[Final Chorus]
Play that sax again
Let it hurt me right
Play that sax again
In the empty night
I still want you close
Even now, even now
Play that sax again
Break me down, break me down
Play that sax again
Till I can't stand up
Play that sax again
Pour the whole thing out