[Verse 1]
You were laughing in the kitchen
Coffee stains on Sunday clothes
Arguing about the movie
Like we'd always have those roads
Then the phone rang in the evening
Whole world slid out of frame
Now your jacket's on the chair back
But the room don't say your name
[Chorus]
They say let them go
Like it's easy as the rain
Like you box up all the pictures
And you walk away from pain
But love don't pack that tidy
It just lingers in the hall
They say let them go
I still answer when you call
[Verse 2]
I still set an extra place
Talk too loud to fill the space
Your old playlist in the car
Every chorus holds your face
Saw your sweater on our eldest
Same shy smile you used to wear
All the years we never counted
Now they're heavy in the air
[Chorus]
They say let them go
Fold the memories
Close the drawer
Like the heart learns how to edit
All the scenes you lived before
But love keeps every outtake
Every stumble
Every fall
They say let them go
I still answer when you call
[Bridge]
Maybe letting go
Is letting tears fall where they may (oh)
Letting your name
Be something I can finally say
Sitting on the porch at midnight
Talking to the darkened glass
Telling you I miss you
Then I let that moment pass
[Chorus]
They say let them go
Like there's some clean
Quiet end
But I'm keeping all your stories
Every fight
Every amend
If the price of having had you
Is this ache that haunts it all
Then I'll let you go
But I'll still answer when you call
(yeah, I’ll let you go)
I'll still answer when you call