[Verse 1] I kept your coat beside the door Though winter left a month ago The paper note beneath the bowl Still says the things we couldn't show [Pre-Chorus] I know the room has learned your shape The quiet keeps what I can't say But every morning finds me here A little less afraid [Chorus] I’m learning how to let you go One open window, one slow breath The river carries what we know And leaves the stones beneath my steps I’ll keep the good, release the rest I’m learning how to let you go [Verse 2] Your chipped blue cup is on the shelf I use it when the day runs long The small ordinary parts of us Can hurt, and still be something warm [Pre-Chorus] I hear the train beyond the flats It takes the dark and doesn’t ask And though the morning finds me here I’m not where I was [Chorus] I’m learning how to let you go One open window, one slow breath The river carries what we know And leaves the stones beneath my steps I’ll keep the good, release the rest I’m learning how to let you go [Bridge] If you remember, remember me With flour on my sleeve, laughing Burnt toast cooling by the sink And all the doors still open [Instrumental: psychedelic flute and hard-rock guitar trading melodic phrases over driving house drums] [Final Chorus] I’m learning how to let you go The open window, the first deep breath The river carries what we know I find my footing step by step I’ll keep the good, release the rest I’m learning how to let you go [Outro] One slow breath I let you go
