Known Anomaly

[Verse 1]
The buzz from the lights at Kareela shops down the hall.
Your shadow is blocking the crack in the wall.
The key's turning cold in my palm, I don't breathe.
Preparing the speech for the second you leave.

[Chorus]
This is the room where the plates give way.
And one of us learns how to stay.
This is the room where the future divides.
Beneath the slow crush of the tides.

[Verse 2]
Your favourite mug, with the chip near the rim.
The whole conversation hangs over its brim.
"It's just… I don't know," is what you're gonna say.
August, and the air smells like rain on the way.

[Chorus]
This is the room where the plates give way.
And one of us learns how to stay.
This is the room where the future divides.
Beneath the slow crush of the tides.

[Bridge]
And the sky will go orange, just like it did then.
A beautiful ending, so let it begin.

[Chorus]
This is the room where the plates give way.
And one of us learns how to stay.
This is the room where the future divides.
Beneath the slow crush of the tides.

[Outro]
(Music cuts. 4 seconds of silence.)

(Sound of a key placed gently on a table.)
The aftershock starts now.