[Intro — breathy layers] Mm… Nobody tells you This is the bit you miss [Verse 1] I miss you asking what I wanted from the shop Calling from the aisle because you couldn’t find the pasta Your keys landing crooked in the bowl Your coat across the chair although I asked you not to I miss complaining that your coffee went cold While mine had been untouched for nearly forty minutes All the little things I thought were background noise Were apparently the music underneath it [Pre-Chorus] It wasn’t anniversaries It wasn’t hotel rooms It wasn’t anything We’d ever photograph [Chorus] It was the ordinary part Your socks beside the bed The way you’d ask me twice What time I said I’d leave It was the ordinary part Your hand against my back Walking through the supermarket Talking absolute rubbish I thought I’d miss the big things Turns out I miss the small Love didn’t live in perfect moments It lived in the ordinary part [Verse 2] I miss you standing in the kitchen doorway Reading something stupid from your phone I miss saying, “Are you listening?” And you answering the question anyway I miss deciding what to watch Then both of us ignoring it completely I never knew familiarity Could become something this expensive when it leaves me [Bridge — stripped piano] Nobody warns you That grief can look like Buying too much milk Turning to say something And remembering There’s nobody there to hear it Mm-mm-mm That’s the part That’s the part [Final Chorus — rising belts] It was the ordinary part Your weight beside me there A thousand tiny habits I was certain I would never care about It was the ordinary part The boring little facts And I would trade one grand romantic night For Tuesday evening back I thought I’d miss the big things But love was never only that You were hidden everywhere Inside the ordinary part [Outro — cascading run] Ordina-a-a-ry The ordinary part Mm…
