Carry What Was Good

[Verse 1] I kept your photograph beside the kitchen glass Morning found the dust where our promises had passed You said the door was open, but your suitcase told the truth I learned how silence settles in a room that once held two [Pre-Chorus] Still, every little kindness Returns without a sound A matchbook from the corner store Your handwriting turned down [Chorus] I will carry what was good Like a lantern through the blue Let the broken pieces teach me How to make a life anew If the distance takes your name If the seasons change their view I will carry what was good And leave the rest with you [Verse 2] The train pulled out at seven, rain marking every pane I watched the fields go silver, then disappear again My brother called on Sunday, asked if I was getting by I told him I was learning not to bargain with goodbye [Pre-Chorus] Some roads refuse returning Some wounds refuse a lie But beneath the ache of leaving There is room enough to rise [Chorus] I will carry what was good Like a lantern through the blue Let the broken pieces teach me How to make a life anew If the distance takes your name If the seasons change their view I will carry what was good And leave the rest with you [Bridge] Open the curtains, let the winter in Feel the cold air changing everything I am not the story that we couldn't save I am every careful step beyond the frame [Final Chorus] I will carry what was good Let it burn a brighter blue All the roads I thought were endings Led me somewhere true If the distance takes your name I can bless the years we knew I will carry what was good And leave the rest with you [Outro] Leave the rest with you I can finally move