[Verse 1] [Female Vocal] You were the one who picked up when I called You were the room when the house had no walls The rest of them didn't know what to do with me You were the only one willing to try [Pre-Chorus] [Female Vocal] A cookie with a bite taken Still looks almost whole But I can see the shape of you Right where the missing goes [Chorus] [Both] You were the bite I can't replace The piece gone from the middle of this place I didn't know how much of me was you Until I reached into the dark and found the space You were the bite I can't replace [Verse 2] [Female Vocal] Six years before I flew back to find you a stone They buried you nameless in a field of your own I walked every row till the poplars closed around And pressed my palms into the ground [Pre-Chorus] [Female Vocal] A cookie with a bite taken Still looks almost whole But I can see the shape of you Right where the missing goes [Chorus] [Both] You were the bite I can't replace The piece gone from the middle of this place I didn't know how much of me was you Until I reached into the dark and found the space You were the bite I can't replace [Bridge] [Female Vocal] I said the words — I let you go The wind moved through the poplar leaves You answered back the only way the gone ones can You found a door that only opens one way And I've been standing at it ever since [Both] BUT I CAN SAY YOUR NAME NOW I CAN SAY YOUR NAME WITHOUT DROWNING TAMMY YOUR NAME [Outro] [Female Vocal] Cookie with a bite taken Still whole in all the ways that count Still yours Still yours
