The Last Lighthouse

[Verse 1] I used to count the empty chairs Like the room had learned your name Fog would press against the window And the harbor felt the same Weathered hands in old photographs Fingers folded into mine You drew my first small coastline Then let me trace my own line [Pre-Chorus] And I thought you were gone Like a boat in the dark But the way you loved me Kept its shape in my heart [Chorus] You never left me You never left me You live in what I choose You never left me You never left me In every road I use (You never left me) [Verse 2] I hear you in the simple yes I hear you in the firm no In the way I leave the table And the way I let love grow Through winter into August Through salt wind and falling rain Your patience moved like weather Changing form but still the same [Pre-Chorus] And I thought I was alone On this open water Then your steady lessons Pulled me closer, farther [Chorus] You never left me You never left me You live in what I choose You never left me You never left me In every road I use (You never left me) [Bridge] Now I see the distant lights Across the blackened bay Not as something I must reach But the path you made Every map you marked for me Still opens in my hands Every season taught by you Helps me understand [Final Chorus] You never left me You never left me You live in what I choose You never left me You never left me In every road I use (You never left me) The light was never lost It was passed on to me The light was never lost It was passed on to me (Passed on to me)