[Verse 1] A blue cup cooling by the window Dust turns slowly in the sun Your coat is hanging by the doorway Like you meant to come back home [Pre-Chorus] I keep the morning just as you left it One chair pulled out, one page unread [Chorus] If the quiet could carry a message It would cross every mile to you Through the pale gold room and the garden Through the things we never got through I won’t ask the day to forgive us I won’t ask the past to let go I’ll leave one lamp on in the window So you’ll know where to come home [Verse 2] Rain has gathered in the flowerpot A small green shoot is pushing through I wrote your name beside the calendar Then crossed out everything but June [Pre-Chorus] Somewhere beyond the fields and fences You are learning what I couldn’t say [Chorus] If the quiet could carry a message It would cross every mile to you Through the pale gold room and the garden Through the things we never got through I won’t ask the day to forgive us I won’t ask the past to let go I’ll leave one lamp on in the window So you’ll know where to come home [Bridge] When the evening settles on the floorboards And the last bird folds into the trees I’ll open both hands to the silence And let it bring you back to me [Final Chorus] If the quiet can carry a message Let it cross every mile to you Through the pale gold room and the garden Through the years we never got through I won’t ask the day to forgive us I won’t ask the past to let go I’ll leave one lamp on in the window So you’ll know where to come home [Outro] One lamp on in the window One path clear through the garden
