Still

Verse 1]

Your glass is on the table

The hallway light is blue

I keep hearing little pieces

Of the things I meant to lose

You said, “We’ll talk tomorrow”

Like tomorrow makes it kind

Now the quiet has your footsteps

And your shadow next to mine

I could ask you to stay

But we both know that won’t fix it

When the room goes still

I can hear what we became

All the words we couldn’t say

Hanging softly in the space

When the room goes still

And the night lets go of you

I don’t know what hurts the most—

Losing you, or knowing you

Were leaving long before you moved

Your sweater’s by the doorway

I fold it like a note

There’s a part of me that wants

To keep the shape you left at home

I turn the music lower

Till it’s almost not a sound

I thought if I stayed busy

I could keep the truth turned down

I could ask you to stay

But I know what you would answer

When the room goes still

I can hear what we became

All the words we couldn’t say

Hanging softly in the space

When the room goes still

And the night lets go of you

I don’t know what hurts the most—

Losing you, or knowing you

Were leaving long before you moved

No big goodbye

No final scene

Just your side of the bed

And the space between

When the room goes still

I can hear the truth come through

There’s no sound that fills the space

Where I used to reach for you

When the room goes still

I’ll let the silence do

What we couldn’t make ourselves do—

Say it’s over

Let me miss you

The hallway light is blue

The room goes still

And I let you go.