[Intro]
[Verse]
6:47 on the kitchen clock
The hum of the refrigerator fills the room
The fork scrapes ceramic, nothing else moves
Mac and cheese cooling in the quiet
Two plates for the living, four chairs at the table
Nobody mentions the two that are empty
[Verse]
85 feet from home plate to second
She throws it short, you watch it fall
You don’t say anything, you don’t have to
She sees it in the way you turn away
The piano sits dusty, the bench pushed in
We used to crowd around it after dinner
We used to crowd around it after dinnеr
[Verse]
He carried it home in a papеr bag
The cardboard still wet, the cone collapsed
It melted in class before it could erupt
You walked home alone, said nothing at all
I would have known the right measurements
But I’m not there to hand them to you
[Pre-Chorus]
The clock stopped at 3:00 AM
The rain was coming down on Millbrook Road
Two chairs went empty before morning
She was there. She stayed. She holds
[Chorus]
FOUR CHAIRS AT THE TABLE
FOUR VOICES IN THE AIR
A FATHER, A MOTHER, A SON, A DAUGHTER
IT’S STILL A CHORD, WE’RE ALL STILL HERE
FOUR NOTES MAKE THE CHORD COMPLETE
THE PIANO STILL KNOWS OUR NAMES
[Bridge]
Stop punishing her for standing, my son
She was there when the road went wrong
She couldn’t stop what was already moving
Neither could I. I was driving
A two-note chord is still music
She is all you have. Play it
I hear you
I hear you
[Verse]
6:47 on the kitchen clock
The fork scrapes ceramic, nothing else moves
Two plates for the living, four chairs at the table
Nobody mentions the two that are empty
[Final Chorus]
TWO CHAIRS AT THE TABLE
TWO VOICES IN THE AIR
STILL BREATHING, STILL HERE TOGETHER
IT’S STILL A CHORD, WE’RE BOTH STILL HERE
TWO NOTES MAKE A CHORD COMPLETE
THE PIANO STILL KNOWS YOUR NAME