I remember lying flat on my back on the stairs of the corridor I could smell the cigarettes and the white wine from right underneath the door I was listening to my dad who played the piano I was listening to my parents' friends who missed all the rhythm I was at the end of preschool, I was a midnight spy I stayed up till the Sun rose and always wondering why They stumbled and fell I remember the fights at the end after everybody left I can vividly recall all the things said through the bars of the staircase I was listening to my mom who spoke to my father Let's just clean things up and leave for bed before the boys wake up After all this time I finally see a shoreless sea of tranquility And I'll take it, yeah, I'll take it The wasted hours awake in bed, a fortress was what we once had A safe and steady haven And though I think from time to time, the moments I had lost my mind I faked it, yeah, I faked it And every time I come back home, the memories won't leave me alone And it's aching, it's like they're right here I was listening to my dad who played the piano I was listening to my mom who spoke to my father I was listening to my dad who played the piano