The Flat At The End Of The Hall

from What Was Was Once Wonderful by The Ocean Floor

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lyrics

My love, I don't have very good reasons
to doubt your existence but somehow I do this
and I'm not afraid to tell you to your face
moon in the morning, sun in the evening
when you lie in the rain, your shape on the sidewalk
less forever, more that you had a place

some cherry petals are rolling stones
bound for boundless space
but some get caught in puddles
to be lily pads for sugar ants

now I can remember when I first met you
the tricks that you played left the room vacant six years
they all warned of the flat at the end of the hall
someone had died there, froze in the winter
no body was left and no one could remember
your last name and you hadn't a friend to call

when you woke me with a fright, alright
I was glad that I didn't fight
and we started sharing horror stories
that lasted 'till the night
and it hit me when you finally flew away
why you stayed
for so long, so long, so long
so long, so long, so long
it was for a "so long"
so long, so long, so long
well... so long, so long, so long.

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from What Was Was Once Wonderful, released August 29, 2014
Lane Barrington: guitar, vocals
Shannon Rose Steele: violin, vocals

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