[Verse 1] You left your blue coat on the kitchen chair A paper bus ticket folded in the sleeve I found it when the kettle started singing And held it like a promise I could keep [Pre-Chorus] The house has learned the shape of your goodbye But every room still leaves the door ajar [Chorus] If I speak softly, will you hear me there? Past the hallway clock and the winter air I keep one lamp beside the empty bed For all the tender things we never said [Verse 2] The garden mint has climbed across the window Your coffee cup still stains the wooden sill I tell the morning news to no one Then listen for your footsteps on the hill [Pre-Chorus] Some days the ache is almost out of sight Then evening lays it gently in my hands [Chorus] If I speak softly, will you hear me there? Past the hallway clock and the winter air I keep one lamp beside the empty bed For all the tender things we never said [Bridge] I don't need the years to turn around I don't need your shadow at the door Just let the love we carried through this house Be something I can carry evermore [Final Chorus] So I speak softly, and I find you there In the folded coat and the winter air That little lamp can rest beside the bed Love is still alive in what we said [Outro] The kettle cools, the quiet settles in I leave the door unlocked, and breathe again
