[Verse 1] Nobody keeps just one thing anymore We used to have to choose One picture for a whole December One letter we couldn't lose Now there's a record of every hour Boxes stacked to the beams A house so full of yesterday It's swollen at the seams [Chorus] 'Cause forgetting is the hardest part So I held on to it all Every summer, every borrowed song And I can't find you at all I kept everything Everything but you I kept everything Everything but you [Verse 2] I went looking for you Sunday Down the rows of all I own Everything lies with its own kind Everything but you has a home Your laugh is in a box somewhere Under years I never sorted through I swear I never lost a thing I just can't get to you [Chorus] 'Cause forgetting is the hardest part So I held on to it all Every summer, every borrowed song And I can't find you at all I kept everything Everything but you I kept everything Everything but you [Bridge] Last night, looking for my keys I found that ferris wheel A ticket folded in a road map Next to songs you used to steal Nothing in this house is gone It all stays close to what it knows I quit digging, started following And the pile became a road [Verse 3] Now when I come looking I don't tear the whole house through I start with one bright summer And let it walk me back to you One thing beside another Each one hands me one more Down the rows, right to your laughter Right where it was before [Final Chorus] 'Cause forgetting is the hardest part And I never needed it at all Every summer, every borrowed song Is a light on down the hall I kept everything Everything leads to you I kept everything Everything leads to you [Outro] Everything leads to you (down the rows, down the years) Everything leads to you Everything leads me home to you
