[Verse 1] Take me down from the story Put my feet on the ground I was ordinary We were ordinary too I was afraid I hesitated I left things unfinished That’s closer to the truth You made me larger So the loss could make sense But sorrow needs no grandeur And grief requires no proof [Pre-Chorus] We were ordinary Let that remain true Ordinary endings Can still undo you [Chorus] Let me be as I was No better, no worse You don’t need a great love To make the leaving hurt Don’t turn me into heaven Just because it fell to earth What we had can have been little And still have known its worth Let me be as I was Let the memory stay true A small thing can be over And leave a world in you [Verse 2] Give me back the words I never said Give me back the courage You lent me at the end I disappointed you I know I did And disappointment has its grief For what might have been Don’t gild every silence Don’t sanctify the past Nothing has to be eternal For its absence to last [Pre-Chorus] We were ordinary There is no shame in that Some losses leave an emptiness Larger than what we had [Chorus] Let me be as I was No better, no worse You don’t need a great love To make the leaving hurt Don’t turn me into heaven Just because it fell to earth What we had can have been little And still have known its worth Let me be as I was Let the memory stay true A small thing can be over And leave a world in you [Bridge – stripped, intimate] Maybe you’re not mourning The one I really was Maybe it’s the future That almost came to pass The rooms we never lived in The journeys never made The life that had a contour Then quietly gave way Mourn that Mourn me Mourn whatever you must But don’t make me a legend To make the sorrow just [Break – almost spoken] I wasn’t a legend I wasn’t fate I wasn’t some great answer Arriving far too late I was flawed I was afraid I was there Then I was gone That is enough For grief [Final Chorus] Let me be as I was No better, no worse You don’t need a great love To make the leaving hurt Don’t turn me into heaven Just because it fell to earth What we had can have been little And still have known its worth Let me be as I was Let the memory stay true A small thing can be over And leave a world in you I wasn’t a legend I was a loss to you.
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