The Details Came Back

[Intro] I didn’t know I couldn’t hear Till the room came back And the edges cleared [Verse] May came in with fire on my skin I kept breathing through the quiet Thought the world was sounding thin But I had no words to describe it Then November changed the air Put a curtain on the tone I still sang the songs I knew But they didn’t feel like home [Pre Chorus] The cymbals turned to silver dust The bass forgot its shape I thought that this was growing up I thought this was the same [Chorus] Then the details came back Like rain on the window Like breath in the track Like light through a headphone I didn’t know what I had lost Till the music opened wide For five long years I lived in fog Now the sound has room inside The details came back The details came back [Verse] August let the fever leave But healing moved so slow January cut the wire Still the silence had to go Seven hours, night by night Taught my body how to stay Then one strange three-hour crash Made the morning sound awake [Pre Chorus] The hi-hats found their little teeth The piano found its wood The vocal had a human breath I heard it like I should [Chorus] Then the details came back Like rain on the window Like breath in the track Like light through a headphone I didn’t know what I had lost Till the music opened wide For five long years I lived in fog Now the sound has room inside The details came back The details came back [Bridge] Not a miracle Not a movie scene Just a tired brain Getting clean Not a brand new soul Not a perfect start Just the little sounds Finding their parts The reverb in the corner The air behind the line The crack inside the chorus The pulse keeping time And I cried because it wasn’t loud It was clear It was clear [Chorus] Then the details came back Like rain on the window Like breath in the track Like light through a headphone I didn’t know what I had lost Till the music opened wide For five long years I lived in fog Now the sound has room inside The details came back And I came back with them The song had a body The room had a breath The details came back The details came back [Outro] I didn’t know I couldn’t hear Till the room came back And I was here