Verse 1

We set the table in the usual room

But something in the steam, something in the spice

Pulled us sideways through the afternoon

Like a door we didn't know we'd built

From salt and oil and someone else's rice

Chorus

We were somewhere else for a moment

We were standing in a different year

Not the city, not the life we're in

But close enough to feel the loss of it

Close enough to want to disappear

Back to somewhere we can barely name

Back to somewhere we could almost hear

Verse 2

There are places only flavor holds

No photograph can reach the weight of it

A kitchen that was pulled apart and sold

A coast we crossed and never circled back

Now living in the memory of a dish

Chorus

We were somewhere else for a moment

We were standing in a different year

Not the city, not the life we're in

But close enough to feel the loss of it

Close enough to want to disappear

Back to somewhere we can barely name

Back to somewhere we could almost hear

Bridge

We don't grieve with words

We grieve with what we cook

We set the table like a wound

And call it taking care

We are always half inside

The place that made us who we are

Outro

Somewhere else, somewhere else

We were briefly, beautifully somewhere else

The bowl is empty now

But we were there

Instrumental Outro

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