[Intro] (Instrumental) [Verse 1] Walked through the garden where the gravel speaks, Each stone a sentence, each step a week. The gate hangs crooked—been that way since spring, And I don't fix it. There's a reason for everything. Your coffee mug still sits on the shelf, Chipped rim facing left, and I can't convince myself To move it, wash it, pack it away. It's not about the mug. It's what it says when I stay. I pass the mirror but I don't look long, Know every crack, every place I've gone wrong. But wrong's not the word—just the weight of the choice, Holding on by the sound of your voice. [Chorus] Simply because you asked me to wait, Simply because I couldn't walk through that gate, Simply because the reasons run deep as the stone, Simply because a house isn't a home when you're alone. Not broken, just bent by the shape of your name, Not lost, just learning to live with the same, Simply because, and that's enough for me, Simply because is the only key. [Verse 2] The mailbox fills with things I don't read, Bills and postcards from the life I don't need. Your sister called. Didn't pick up the phone. Why explain that I'm not moving on, just moving slow? There's a difference between forgetting and this— This is the space between a no and a yes, This is the porch light left on through the night, This is the knowing that some things are right Just by their staying, their weight, their refusal to leave, Like roots that don't ask permission to cleave To the earth, to the dark, to the reason they're there. I'm not waiting for you. I'm just learning to care About the meaning of still, about why stones don't roll, About how a reason can feed the whole soul. [Chorus] Simply because you asked me to stay, Simply because I couldn't find another way, Simply because the reasons make sense to my bones, Simply because some things are more than just stones. Not broken, just held by the shape of your hand, Not lost, just learning to understand That simply because is the deepest truth, Simply because is the only proof. [Bridge] They say that time will make it fade— The mug, the gate, the choice I made. But fade and gone are not the same. Some things are meant to hold your name. I'm not afraid of what remains, The quiet rooms, the window panes, The reasons stacked like morning dew— Simply because I'm waiting for you. Not waiting like a fool waits on the line, But waiting like the seasons wait for time, Like roots wait in the dark to know Where it is that real things grow. [Final Chorus] Simply because, and that's the whole story, Simply because, and that's enough glory, Simply because the reasons are true, Simply because I'm still here, and so are you. Not broken, not bent, just learning to be, Not lost, just exactly where I need to be, Simply because is the only song, Simply because is where I belong. Simply because the reasons run deep, Simply because some promises you keep.
