smoke on pavement

[Intro: instrumental only, no humming] [no wordless vocals] [no oohs] [no aahs] [vocals enter only at verse 1] [no oohs] [no aahs] [no vocalise] [no scatting] [no intro ad-libs] [Intro] Scents of rain Floor is cold Fourteen past He takes hold [Verse 1] Fourteen past and he cannot close his lids Den is dark, but his core is spinning big He looks back to the summer we built Like old phrases still know what they feel The whole district's sinking into dusk No cabs, no sirens, no one much Just his chest making too much sound And that heavy cloud moving around [Pre-Chorus] At this hour Everything comes near Every little thought Gets too clear [Chorus] Fourteen past He is torn What he drops And what stays warm Fourteen past Scents of rain He is back clean Into everything [Verse 2] He count floors above his head Count old tunes inside his brain Count the times he almost dials Then let the quiet answer next He tell himself it's just the dark That makes old shadows look alive But every time the hand hits this He come back like he never quit [Pre-Chorus] At this hour Everything comes near Every little thought Gets too clear [Chorus] Fourteen past He is torn What he drops And what stays warm Fourteen past Scents of rain He is back clean Into everything [Bridge] Maybe light will thin it out Maybe traffic, maybe noise Maybe daybreak has a mercy Nighttime never could afford But until the roof turns silver He'll stay honest in this ache Somewhere in this sleepless minute He's the thing he cannot shake [Final Chorus] Fourteen past He is torn What he drops And what stays warm Fourteen past Scents of rain He is back clean Into everything Fourteen past Still wide awake Still hearing him In every break [Outro] Scents of rain Floor is cold Fourteen past He takes hold