Original lyric sketch · Fictional voice · Lyrics only · Memory needs context
Verse
The room is not an answer.
The table is not a test.
I set down the folded instructions
and give the unfinished sentence rest.
Refrain
Keep one sentence by the thing you meant to save.
Let the room keep breathing.
Let the words arrive.
Leave a little space for what is still alive.
Original spoken-word lyric sketch in the Memory needs context cycle. The refrain is shared by the ten pieces in this cycle. No audio recording accompanies this piece.