[Intro] An indentation on the mattress side Where a ghost of someone used to hide The key still turns inside the front-door frame To a quiet apartment that don't feel the same [Verse 1] I leave the coffee mug on the wooden stand Remembering the warmth against a cold right hand The closet door is open, half the hangers bare A lingering perfume hanging in the midnight air I walk the avenue we used to make our own And notice every corner feels like standing alone A silver coat is hanging on the hallway hook Retaining memories I refuse to look It isn't that I hate the girl I used to be Or despise the relationship that nurtured me It's just that every room is growing far too wide For two different people to fit inside [Pre-Chorus] My feet were moving long before I knew Stepping out the shadow that I grew into I didn't pack a bag, I didn't say goodbye I just watched the winter turn to open sky [Chorus] This is the shape of leaving, quiet and slow Outline of a shadow where the memories go An empty space that's taking up a room A gentle fading of an old perfume This is the shape of leaving, soft in the night Walking out the darkness into unknown light Not an act of anger, not a sudden tear Just a quiet outline of what isn't here [Post-Chorus] Tracing the outline in the dark blue air Tracing the outline, nobody's there Tracing the outline in the dark blue air Tracing the outline, nobody's there [Verse 2] I used to wear an image like a heavy coat Rehearsing every word before it left my throat I thought I had to stay to keep the picture whole And compromise the quiet of my private soul I look at old photos on a digital display Of a girl who performed her life every day I feel a tender grief for what she had to bear Trying to be everything to everyone out there It takes a gentle hand to let a past self fade Without erasing every choice her young heart made I leave the old expectations at the door And step into a space I never knew before [Chorus] This is the shape of leaving, quiet and slow Outline of a shadow where the memories go An empty space that's taking up a room A gentle fading of an old perfume This is the shape of leaving, soft in the night Walking out the darkness into unknown light Not an act of anger, not a sudden tear Just a quiet outline of what isn't here [Bridge] I still hold tenderness for all we used to build For every expectation that was once fulfilled I didn't leave because the love had turned to stone I left because I had to learn to stand alone Sometimes the kindest thing that you can do Is walk away from what no longer honors you [Final Chorus] This is the shape of leaving, quiet and slow Outline of a shadow where the memories go An empty space that's taking up a room A gentle fading of an old perfume This is the shape of leaving, soft in the night Walking out the darkness into unknown light Not an act of anger, not a sudden tear Just a quiet outline of what isn't here [Outro] I step onto the pavement as the morning breaks Leaving behind the shadow of my old mistakes No map to follow, no one left to please Just the open horizon and a morning breeze
