[Intro]
Keep the names, keep the photographs
Just give me back what I was
[Verse 1]
Your old voice waits in a box by the stairs
Receipts from the diner, a comb full of hair
I can keep every winter we slept through the storm
Every note in your handwriting, folded and worn
But the room takes a shape that I don't recognize
When I look in the glass, there's a stranger inside
I have carried the past like a coat full of stones
Now I want what is mine, not the weight, not the ghosts
[Chorus]
You can keep the memories, give me my soul
Take every picture, leave me whole
Keep all the nights that we couldn't undo
I want my own heart back, not a piece of you
You can keep the memories, let the years roll
Take what we were, give me my soul
[Verse 2]
I don't need the last word, I don't need the blame
I don't need to burn down the house for a name
Let the dust hold the outline of where we had been
Let the silence come in, let the air settle in
There are keys in the drawer that I still never use
A blue cup you chipped, still the one that I choose
But I'm done making shrines of the things that we lost
I can honor the love without paying its cost
[Chorus]
You can keep the memories, give me my soul
Take every picture, leave me whole
Keep all the nights that we couldn't undo
I want my own heart back, not a piece of you
You can keep the memories, let the years roll
Take what we were, give me my soul
[Outro]
Keep the names
Keep the photographs
Just give me back what I was