I watched you lift your coat and walk, the doorway closing slow I told myself the time would heal, but evenins learned to go ("go away…") You moved with easy, careful steps, and strangers learned your name I kept the quieter pieces, and felt a slower blame ("slow the blame…") Men arrive with brighter stories, they linger in the light They fit their voices in the room, and borrow what's not right ("borrowed light…") I fold my breath into my hands, and teach myself to stand ("teach to stand…") The day I let you go, the rooms went thin, the hours lost their tone I kept the honest little things, and walked the road alone ("walk alone…") They promise mornings dressed in gold, they promise easy skies I learn to hold a smaller light, and close my quieter eyes ("quieter eyes…") I trace the marks you left at dawn, the coffee rings, the chair The city keeps its daily hum, but you are no longer there ("no longer there…") Their laughter fits a different tune, their steps fall softer near I count the small and honest parts, and learn to leave them here ("leave them here…") They move like weather sure and warm, their timing always right And every draw of ordinary talk, pulls back another light ("pulls the light…") So I take the steady pieces, and carry them by night ("carry night…") The day I let you go, the quiet grew, it settled in my chest I keep the part that still feels true, and lay the rest to rest ("lay to rest…") They promise bright and easy dawns, they promise other ways I keep my smaller steady faith, and step through softer days ("softer days…") [Solo] ("ooh…") )I closed the book on easy evenings, put lamps away from view I kept the small and honest flame, and learned to see it through ("see it through…") If staying steals my reason, I'll walk the quieter line ("quieter line…") The day I let you go, the world grew wide, I held the part that's mine I stitch the honest pieces close, and carry them in time ("carry in time…") You walked toward brighter mornings, and faces new and clear I kept the steady smaller things, and learned to move from here ("move from here…") ("ahhh…")
