Small Fires

[Verse 1] You kept my keys When I lost my mind I found them later On your windowsill You made tea When the bad news hit Two chipped mugs On the sink at dawn [Chorus] We keep the small fires We keep the small fires In the cold hall In the cracked yard We keep the small fires We keep the small fires Not a blaze, just enough To come back to [Verse 2] You carried the amp Up three crooked stairs Sweat on your shirt Laughing like it hurt And I left the porch light Burning soft for you Late train, wet shoes One more night made home [Chorus] We keep the small fires We keep the small fires In the cold hall In the cracked yard We keep the small fires We keep the small fires Not a blaze, just enough To come back to [Breakdown] [Voices and claps] Clap, clap, keep it near Clap, clap, year by year Small fire, small fire Passing hands in the dark [Final Chorus] We keep the small fires We keep the small fires Hand to hand House to house We keep the small fires We keep the small fires Still here, still warm Still coming through We keep the small fires We keep the small fires Not a blaze, just enough To come back to