Room Nine · 九号房

[Verse 1]

Mile marker two hundred, rain coming down sideways

The neon said vacancy but it flickered like a lie

I paid forty-something dollars for a bed and a quiet

And the quiet turned out louder than the highway passing by

[Pre-Chorus]

The mirror on the wall don't recognize the face

And I'm not sure I know this town

[Chorus]

Room nine, I left something behind

Not my keys, not my coat, not the change in my jeans

Room nine, the kind of dark that feels kind

I woke up somewhere else with the same old dream

Room nine

[Verse 2]

The ice machine hums like a hymn I half remember

Curtain's got a burn hole from somebody else's cigarette

I called you from the parking lot and let it ring four times

Then I hung up like the phone had done it, not me yet

[Pre-Chorus]

The mirror on the wall don't recognize the face

And I'm not sure I know this town

[Chorus]

Room nine, I left something behind

Not my keys, not my coat, not the change in my jeans

Room nine, the kind of dark that feels kind

I woke up somewhere else with the same old dream

Room nine

[Bridge]

Maybe every room I've slept in

Took a little piece of me

Maybe that's why I keep driving

Looking for the parts I lost

Room by room

State by state

[Final Chorus]

Room nine, I'm leaving it behind

Not my keys, not my coat, but the man I used to be

Room nine, the morning's doing fine

And the highway doesn't care what I lost

Room nine

[Outro]

Mile marker two hundred and one

I left the light on for someone