Your coffee cup still stains the counter Milk gone sour but I haven't washed it I talk to steam rising from the kettle Pretending you're just late coming home Ooh-ooh-ooh I call for patience, just indifference Thought your silence meant you're giving up But you were holding on my fractures With hands too tired to ask for help Now the house breathes only when I lie And say your name into the dark Eat the dark you always did Swallow every bitter shot I threw Let the match inside my ribs Then vanish like morning dew I never saw you, truly saw you Till the light went out Found your list of ten-cent groceries Crossed out meat, small next to it Tellin' Mom still proud and pencil faded on the wall I built a life on what I wanted Left your love collecting dust Eat the dark you always did Swallow every bitter shot I threw Let the match inside my ribs Then vanish like morning dew I never knew you, never held you Like you held me through Ghosts don't haunt me, stay a while Let me learn the weight of grace You gave without a single word Just showing up in every space Eat the dark, I'll try to do what you did With gentle hands Keep the flame though you're not here Burn on this barren land Was I blind, was I cruel Or just too loud to hear you true?
