**LYRICS:** Since you were gone The morning doesn't break like it used to It cracks Slowly Like something learning to fall apart I keep your coffee mug in the same place I haven't washed it I'm afraid the soap will take the last of you away Who holds the space you left behind? Who learned to live in the corners of my mind? I keep reaching for you in the dark And finding nothing Nothing but the shape of where you used to be SINCE YOU WERE GONE THE WORLD IS QUIETER NOW THE BIRDS STILL SING BUT I FORGOT HOW SINCE YOU WERE GONE THE RAIN FALLS SIDEWAYS EVERY STREET REMINDS ME OF THE DAYS BEFORE THE DAYS I trace your silhouette on empty walls I talk to you in empty rooms Sometimes I swear I hear you answer But it's just the house settling Just the house Missing you too Who learned to love the quiet? Who learned to sleep in an empty bed? I keep folding your side of the blanket Like you're coming back Like you never left SINCE YOU WERE GONE I'VE BEEN COUNTING THE HOURS THEY DON'T ADD UP THEY JUST MULTIPLY THE EMPTY SINCE YOU WERE GONE I FORGOT WHAT THE SUN LOOKS LIKE EVERY DAY IS DUSK EVERY NIGHT IS FOREVER Since you were gone... I learned to carry your name like a song In my throat In my chest In the space between my ribs Where you used to rest (Whispered, fading) "Since you were gone..."
