The Center of the Fold

This sad ballad captures the poignant emotion of finding two overlapping coffee stains on a morning newspaper. It symbolizes the lingering memory of a past relationship, bringing a bittersweet smile in the quiet solitude of a Sunday morning. 00:00:16.000 -- 00:00:21.333 Sunday morning-quiet, the blue ink is drying, 00:00:21.333 -- 00:00:26.667 The headlines are screaming but my heart isn't crying, 00:00:26.667 -- 00:00:32.000 I see two separate circles, a ghost of a pair, 00:00:32.000 -- 00:00:37.333 One is dark, one is pale, and the paper is bare. 00:00:37.333 -- 00:00:42.667 A Rorschach of sepia, the residue stays, 00:00:42.667 -- 00:00:48.000 Across the finance section, in the morning-light haze. 00:00:48.000 -- 00:00:52.571 And I'm smiling at the two separate coffee stains, 00:00:52.571 -- 00:00:57.143 Overlapping on the page like the summer and the rains, 00:00:57.143 -- 00:01:01.714 They found each other in the center of the fold, 00:01:01.714 -- 00:01:06.286 A messy little story that doesn't need to be told. 00:01:06.286 -- 00:01:10.857 Just an imprint of us, in the ink and the brown, 00:01:10.857 -- 00:01:15.429 The sweetest little ghost in this quiet little town. 00:01:15.429 -- 00:01:20.000 (The sweetest little ghost...) 00:01:20.000 -- 00:01:25.333 I remember your mug, how you'd leave it behind, 00:01:25.333 -- 00:01:30.667 A trail of your habits, a link in the mind, 00:01:30.667 -- 00:01:36.000 Now there's only my heat, and my hand on the news, 00:01:36.000 -- 00:01:41.333 While the steam from the kettle has nothing to lose. 00:01:41.333 -- 00:01:46.667 The paper is folded, but the circles remain, 00:01:46.667 -- 00:01:52.000 A beautiful residue of a shared little chain. 00:01:52.000 -- 00:01:56.571 And I'm smiling at the two separate coffee stains, 00:01:56.571 -- 00:02:01.143 Overlapping on the page like the summer and the rains, 00:02:01.143 -- 00:02:05.714 They found each other in the center of the fold, 00:02:05.714 -- 00:02:10.286 A messy little story that doesn't need to be told. 00:02:10.286 -- 00:02:14.857 Just an imprint of us, in the ink and the brown, 00:02:14.857 -- 00:02:19.429 The sweetest little ghost in this quiet little town. 00:02:19.429 -- 00:02:24.000 (The sweetest little ghost...) 00:02:24.000 -- 00:02:27.000 Just a ghost... just a stain... 00:02:27.000 -- 00:02:30.000 (Mmm, mmm, mmm...) 00:02:30.000 -- 00:00:00.000 Morning quiet again. #SadBallad #CoffeeStains #MorningQuiet