(Verse 1) The house is too quiet, the clocks are too loud Every memory is wrapped in a silver-lined cloud I’m tracing the outlines of things you once held Learning to live in a world that’s been felled There’s a chair in the corner that’s heavy with air And a silence that’s harder than I can well bear. (Pre-Chorus) They tell me that time is a river that heals But I’m stuck on the bank, just feeling the wheels Of a world moving on while I’m standing still Climbing a shadow, an invisible hill. (Chorus) But the sun doesn’t ask for permission to rise It just pulls back the curtain and opens our eyes And though the winter is long and the garden is gray The roots are still dreaming of a warmer day It’s okay to be broken, it’s okay to be small Love doesn’t end when the curtain must fall It just changes its shape, like a ghost in the spray And somehow, I promise, it’ll all be okay. (Verse 2) Sadness is heavy, a stone in the chest A bird with a wing that just needs to rest The tears are just salt from an ocean of years The price that we pay for the love that was here I’m not looking for exits, I’m not running fast I’m just learning to carry the weight of the past. (Bridge) (Piano swells softly) It won’t be the same, and that is the truth It won’t be the vigor and light of our youth But there is a sweetness in missing someone Like the warmth on the pavement when daylight is done A lingering echo, a beautiful ache A heart that’s still beating, even if it might break. (Chorus)Yeah, the sun doesn’t ask for permission to rise It just pulls back the curtain and opens our eyes And though the winter is long and the garden is gray The roots are still dreaming of a warmer day It’s okay to be broken, it’s okay to be small Love doesn’t end when the curtain must fall It just changes its shape, like a ghost in the spray And somehow, I promise, it’ll all be okay. (Outro) It’ll all be okay... In the quiet of evening. In the breath of the morning. It’s just a long goodbye. (Music fades)
