THE LIGHT YOU LEFT ON

[Intro] [Soft rain ambience] [Fingerpicked acoustic guitar] [Verse 1] I still reach across the mattress Some mornings half-asleep Like your side of the bed’s still sacred Like absence still breathes The kettle hums around me The hallway stays dim And I still leave the porch light on Some nights without thinking [Pre-Chorus] Not because I’m waiting For miracles or signs Just some loves move into the walls And live there after time [Chorus] You’re the light you left on In the tired rooms of me Still glowing through the silence Soft as memory No, the years didn’t stop No, the world moved along But some hearts don’t let go loudly They just carry on And I still love you quietly Like an old unfinished song [Verse 2] I heard your name in passing Downtown last July Funny how the smallest things Still rearrange the sky Somebody laughed beside me With almost your cadence And for one cracked second there I forgot what distance meant [Pre-Chorus] No grand tragedy No bitter ending scene Just two people who became Part of each other’s being [Chorus] You’re the light you left on In the weathered dark of me Still warming every corner You once helped me see And if love leaves footprints Long after love is gone Then I’m still walking gently Where your heart once belonged [Bridge] Maybe that’s the mercy Of a love that once was true Not every goodbye turns cold Some just ache their whole life through [Final Chorus] You’re the light you left on When the whole house settles low Still there beside the midnight Like a kindness in the glow And if somebody asks me What survives when lovers part I’ll say: Sometimes they leave softly But never leave your heart [Outro] [Rain fading softly] [Low pedal steel swell] [Whispered harmony] “The porch light’s still on…” 🌙