[Verse 1] You leave your coat across the chair Like you’re still coming back I leave the kitchen light on Like faith is something you can act There’s coffee getting colder There’s a glass beside the sink There’s a question in the silence We are both too tired to think You used to touch my shoulder Like you found your way back home Now you pass me in the hallway Like a person you half-know [Pre-Chorus] And nobody tells you When the music starts to fade That the hardest part of loving Is the life you have to make [Chorus] This is the other side of love When the moonlight leaves the room When the flowers lose their color And the sweet turns into truth This is the other side of love Where the wanting isn’t enough Where you hold on through the weather Or you learn to give it up I thought love was the answer But the answer wasn’t clear On the other side of love I’m still standing here [Verse 2] You say my name so softly Like you’re asking for a truce I say I’m only angry ’Cause I don’t know what else to use There are bills on the table There are dreams we didn’t touch There are nights I miss the stranger Who once wanted me too much And sometimes you are tender In a way that breaks my heart Like a hand across the distance Like a light left in the dark [Pre-Chorus] And nobody tells you When the bright lights disappear That the person who can hurt you Is the one who stayed so near [Chorus] This is the other side of love When the moonlight leaves the room When the flowers lose their color And the sweet turns into truth This is the other side of love Where the wanting isn’t enough Where you hold on through the weather Or you learn to give it up I thought love was the answer But the answer wasn’t clear On the other side of love I’m still standing here [Bridge] Maybe this is mercy Maybe this is time Maybe we were holy Maybe we were blind Maybe love is laundry And a hand upon the door Maybe love is saying sorry When you don’t know what for Maybe love is leaving Maybe love is staying late Maybe love is not a fire But the ashes we remake [Verse 3] So put your coat beside mine Let the morning come around Let the city keep its promise Let the rain keep falling down I don’t need the old illusion I don’t need the perfect start Just tell me there is something Still awake inside your heart [Final Chorus] This is the other side of love When the moonlight leaves the room When the flowers lose their color And the sweet turns into truth This is the other side of love Where the wanting isn’t enough Where you hold on through the weather Or you learn to give it up I thought love was the answer But the answer wasn’t clear On the other side of love I’m still standing here [Outro] On the other side of love No thunder from above Just your hand and my hand And the hard part of love On the other side of love I don’t know what we become But the light is still on And the morning will come
