[Verse 1] I found a key In the pocket of a coat I never wore It opened nothing Except the way My hands remember doors That never held The shape of me A spoon in the sink Kept shining like a witness To every meal I ate alone And all at once The room was not a room But a draft of me Still learning form [Pre-Chorus] Oh, the small things Carry the whole weight A chipped blue cup A name on the mail What leaves my hand Does not leave me It goes on living In quieter shells [Chorus] I keep the pieces that stayed I keep the pieces that stayed The dent in the spoon The heat after the plate I keep the pieces that stayed I keep the pieces that stayed That little lost key Still turning my name [Verse 2] The mirror kept My face like borrowed weather Then gave it back With kinder eyes A cracked red bowl Held the last peach slice Like a moon On a kitchen table I used to think Becoming meant adding But tides know best By taking shape A river does Not own its water Still every stone Is named by flow [Pre-Chorus] Oh, the small things Carry the whole weight Thread in a sleeve Salt on the skin What leaves my hand Does not leave me It keeps its pulse Inside the grain [Chorus] I keep the pieces that stayed I keep the pieces that stayed The dent in the spoon The heat after the plate I keep the pieces that stayed I keep the pieces that stayed That little lost key Still turning my name [Bridge] So let the lock Forget the turning Let the wards Hold only air I still have a key To a door I don't see It fits the feeling Of being there Even a ruin Holds its geometry Even an ending Keeps a spine [Final Chorus] I keep the pieces that stayed I keep the pieces that stayed The dent in the spoon The heat after the plate I keep the pieces that stayed I keep the pieces that stayed That little lost key Has found its place I keep the pieces that stayed I keep the pieces that stayed What I lose I let go at last
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