Leave With Something True

[Verse 1] I left your key beside the fruit bowl Next to receipts from Thursday night The kettle clicked, the room stayed still And somehow that felt right I took the blue coat from the hallway The one you said I never wore I found a train ticket in the pocket For a place I don't need you for [Pre-Chorus] I used to measure every answer By the distance to your door Now the question feels much smaller Than it ever did before [Chorus] I am not waiting for the call I am not tracing where you are I can carry what I lost Without carrying your heart There is a road beyond this room There is a name I get to choose If I leave with nothing else I leave with something true [Verse 2] My sister sends a picture Sunday Her dog asleep across her feet I laugh so hard I spill my coffee On the page beneath The books we bought in different cities Still lean together on the shelf But every story sounds much clearer When I read it for myself [Pre-Chorus] I used to turn the whole world quiet Just to hear you change your mind Now the silence has a window And the morning gets inside [Chorus] I am not waiting for the call I am not tracing where you are I can carry what I lost Without carrying your heart There is a road beyond this room There is a name I get to choose If I leave with nothing else I leave with something true [Bridge] Maybe love was not a promise Maybe love was just a place That held me while I learned the outline Of my own face So I will bless the empty doorway I will let the old days close Some goodbyes are not a failure They are how a person grows [Final Chorus] I am not waiting for the call I am already where you are not I can carry what I lost And still give everything I've got There is a road beyond this room There is a name I get to choose If I leave with nothing else I leave with something true [Outro] The kettle clicks, the morning starts I take my coat, I take my heart