The scene went dim on purpose I thought A breath a pause a lean-in kind of hush You looked like a sequel I had already bought I treated the quiet like part of the show We called it intermission We called it intermission The rest would start in just a moment We called it intermission No speech no bow no warning bell Just a thinning of the warmth I kept your place inside the dark Rehearsing a line you never had to say We called it intermission We called it intermission I thought we had more time I waited for a second act that never came I thought we had more time The hush became the whole performance I thought we had more time I still sit through the quiet As if the band might wander back We called it intermission It was the ending in a softer suit I thought we had more time I thought we had more time I thought we had more time