[Verse 1] I found the cup you left beside the sink A hairline crack beneath the painted blue I held it like a question I could drink And tasted every careless thing I threw at you The house was still, but not forgiving Dust turned slowly in the window frame I counted all the doors I kept from living Then heard your silence answer to my name [Pre-Chorus] So I walked down past the alder trees With both hands open, nothing to defend [Chorus] I dropped a sorry in the water And it answered back One small ring became a voice Calling through the black For a second, all the reflections Changed and wore your face I reached for you, the surface broke And left me in my place [Verse 2] The bear tracks faded near the river bend Beside the marks where someone had been dragged I thought of every warning I called weakness Every tender thing I treated like a trap A moth beat hard against my shoulder Then settled where the moonlight touched the reed I wanted to believe that pain grows older But some wounds only learn a different need [Pre-Chorus] I said your name into the reeds The night held still as if it knew [Chorus] I dropped a sorry in the water And it answered back One small ring became a voice Calling through the black For a second, all the reflections Changed and wore your face I reached for you, the surface broke And left me in my place [Bridge] If you were hurt, I was the weather If you were lost, I moved the sign I cannot make the river run backward I can stand here till the frost takes mine [Final Chorus] I dropped a sorry in the water And it answered back Not forgiveness, not a promise Just the truth beneath the black For a second, all the reflections Changed and wore your face I bowed my head, the water closed But I will come back to this place [Outro] I will come back to this place With no excuse, with no disguise I dropped a sorry in the water And heard it learn to sound like mine
