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I Was Outside the Frame

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[Intro] Look again Look close That is your month That is not my ghost [Verse 1] I studied the shot like a man looking for his own hands I found your coat, I found the fence, I found the light I found a shoulder that could have been mine if I squint and I stand Then I stop And it is not right The laugh is yours, the cup is yours, the yard is the one we used The body beside you is a blur I called my name I gave that blur a spine, I gave that blur the bruise It was only a blur I was outside the frame [Pre-Chorus] I thought I was the story I was the edge of it I thought I was the keeping I was the leftover bit [Chorus] I was outside the frame And I called it love I was outside the frame Looking in from the rough I was outside the frame You kept the month, you kept the glow I kept a place I did not actually hold [Verse 2] That is why the good version walks so easy in your mouth He fits the picture because he was never the weight I was the one in the driveway, in the hall, in the south Paying rent On a scene already made You did not lock me out, that is the part that stings You just never turned the camera where I stood I made a whole religion out of almost being In a shot That already looked good [Pre-Chorus] I thought I was the story I was the edge of it I thought I was the keeping I was the leftover bit [Chorus] I was outside the frame And I called it love I was outside the frame Looking in from the rough I was outside the frame You kept the month, you kept the glow I kept a place I did not actually hold [Verse 3] Now the pictures are down and the sweater still owns the chair Now the road still takes me and September still sits cut I can finally see the composition that was always there You in the gold Me in the rut I am not asking you to paste me over the fence I am not asking you to lie me into the glass I am saying I know now And the knowing is immense I loved a room I was never asked to pass [Bridge] This is the cleanest hurt No fight, no flame, no theft Just a man who built a home In a photograph he left If you keep October Keep it, I will not climb in I have learned the border I will stand where I have been [Breakdown] Coat Cup Light You Blur Me True True [Chorus] I was outside the frame And I called it love I was outside the frame Looking in from the rough I was outside the frame You kept the month, you kept the glow I kept a place I did not actually hold [Final Chorus] I was outside the frame I can say it without shake I was the man in the driveway Not the man the month would take I was outside the frame If you tell it, leave me there Do not drag me to the center I have learned the air [Outro] Glass empty Hook bare I stand Where I stood Outside The frame And I call it Good Enough