[Verse 1] You left your blue coat on the chair The sleeve still folded like a hand I keep the kitchen window cracked Though winter keeps coming in [Pre-Chorus] I say your name, then bite it back Like a match I shouldn't strike [Chorus] I can't make the silence kinder I can't make the leaving slow You were gone before the last train I was still learning to let go And the morning keeps arriving With its ordinary weight I can't make the silence kinder I can only let it stay [Verse 2] Your chipped cup waits beside the sink A ring of tea gone cold and brown I take the long way past your street Then turn before the house comes round [Pre-Chorus] I say your name, then bite it back Like a match I shouldn't strike [Chorus] I can't make the silence kinder I can't make the leaving slow You were gone before the last train I was still learning to let go And the morning keeps arriving With its ordinary weight I can't make the silence kinder I can only let it stay [Bridge] If you come back for the coat Leave the key beneath the stone Don't knock, don't make me choose Between the door and being alone [Final Chorus] I can't make the silence kinder I can't make the leaving slow You were gone before the last train I was still learning to let go And the morning keeps arriving But it doesn't feel like fate I can't make the silence kinder I can learn to let it stay [Outro] The window's shut The cup is gone The room is still The day moves on
