The Edge of Nothing

[Verse 1] [soft] The clock says three, the street's asleep My coffee's cold, my hands won't warm I traced your name into the glass Where all my breathing goes to fog [Verse 2] There's twelve floors down to solid ground And not one voice to call me back The phone lit up an hour ago I let it die there on the mat [Pre-Chorus] [build-up] And I keep asking who would know If morning came and I was gone Would anybody read the note Or just move all my chairs along [Chorus] [belted] I'm standing on the edge of nothing Where the wind forgets my name Tell me somebody, anybody Would you notice half the pain 'Cause I'm holding to a windowsill That never learned to hold me back I'm one breath from letting everything Go quiet, go quiet, go black [Verse 3] [soft] I found your picture in the drawer Your laugh still lives inside the frame You said you'd come, the seasons turned And I stopped counting who's to blame [Pre-Chorus] [build-up] So here's the question I can't drown The one that keeps me on the ledge Is anybody down there now Who'd meet me at the falling edge [Chorus] [belted] I'm standing on the edge of nothing Where the wind forgets my name Tell me somebody, anybody Would you notice half the pain 'Cause I'm holding to a windowsill That never learned to hold me back I'm one breath from letting everything Go quiet, go quiet, go black [Bridge] [whispered] Then the streetlight found a stranger Just an old man walking slow He looked up and raised a hand to me Like he already knew [loud] And something in that broken wave Pulled my fingers off the frame I closed the glass, I said out loud — I don't want to go this way [Outro] [soft] The clock says four, the sky turns grey I'm still here, still on the floor I picked the phone up off the mat And made it ring one more