[Verse 1]
Woke up to quiet in your sweater
Dust in the light like it knew your name
Our photos crooked on the dresser
Coffee gone cold
But I drank it anyway
I used to drown inside that bedroom
Count the cracks and call it prayer
Talk to a shadow on the ceiling
Beg the dark to trade me places there
[Chorus]
I’m not breaking just because you’re gone
I’m still aching but I’m moving on
After the ashes
After the fall
I learned to be happy at all
I laugh with the hole in my chest
Carry your ghost like a crest
I’m not better for losing you
But I’m living better like you told me to
[Verse 2]
I feel you smirk when I start dancing
Burnt-black cake in my brand-new pan
Sing off-key while I’m washing dishes
Drop the plate
Curse
Then laugh where I stand
I drive past the hospital entrance
Windows down
Let the world rush in
Your old playlist in the speakers
[low vocal register] Every song
I breathe instead of give in
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
I set a place for you on Sundays
Fork
Glass
Chair that never moves
Tell you stories of the small days
How I finally took that trip we dreamed to
I toast the sky with shaking fingers
Say your name over the clinking glass
[whispered vocals] “Look
I made it through December”
I feel the hurt
And I choose to let joy pass
[crescendo]
I’m still shattered but I’m standing
Not erased
Just expanding
[Chorus]