[Verse 1] You left your blue mug in my kitchen Said the handle felt “emotionally wrong” I brought it back with a paper apology You said I’d spelled your street name wrong Your scarf came home in a cereal box With a note: “This wool has seen better days” I said the box was part of the service You said the service was a phase [Pre-Chorus] We keep finding one more thing One more trip, one more excuse [Chorus] Take your stuff, bring mine back Meet me halfway, miss the turn One more box, one more laugh One more lesson we won’t learn Take your stuff, bring mine back Say goodbye, then change the plan We keep handing back our past Like we don’t know where it lands [Verse 2] Your old bike light was “too aggressively blinking” My green umbrella had a stubborn lean You returned my cookbook for “a typo” I circled every page you’d ever seen I found your ticket stub inside my jacket You said it needed proper archival care I said I’d drop it by on Tuesday You said, “Great, I might be there” [Pre-Chorus] We keep finding one more thing One more trip, one more excuse [Chorus] Take your stuff, bring mine back Meet me halfway, miss the turn One more box, one more laugh One more lesson we won’t learn Take your stuff, bring mine back Say goodbye, then change the plan We keep handing back our past Like we don’t know where it lands [Bridge - Half-Time] It isn’t the mug or the scarf or the light It’s your voice at the door, and the way we say “hi” I’m not keeping your things; I’m just scared of the day There’s nothing left to bring, and no reason to stay [Final Chorus] Take your stuff, bring mine back Meet me halfway, this time turn One last box, one last laugh Now we know what we had to learn Take your stuff, I’ll keep mine We can miss it, let it pass We were good, we were real And we don’t have to make it last [Outro] The box is gone. The door clicks shut. I wave once, and let it be.
