(Verse 1)
There’s a shadow in the doorway
Looks a little bit like us
Coffee stains and quiet Fridays
Memories collecting dust
I still turn to tell you something
Like your name still fits my tongue
Then the silence taps my shoulder
Says, “that version’s come undone”
(Pre-Chorus)
And I hate how I still know
The rhythm of your laugh
Like my heart kept every echo
Even after all the cracks
(Chorus)
It’s bittersweet, you know?
Missing you but thanking heaven
That I held you close before
Everything got rearranged
Now your ghost walks through my ordinary
In the songs and in the rain
I don’t want you back completely
But I don’t want you erased
So I carry both—
The love and the leaving
In the same room
(Verse 2)
There are days I barely notice
How your absence settles in
Then somebody says your favorite phrase
And there you are again
Not enough to make me shatter
Not enough to let me heal
Just a quiet kind of aching
Only memories can feel
(Bridge)
Maybe some people stay
Without staying
Maybe some hearts don’t leave
They just change shape
And maybe moving on
Is learning how to smile
While grieving
(Final Chorus)
It’s bittersweet, I know
Like a sunset on an old street
Beautiful but almost gone
Still glowing when it shouldn’t be
And I swear I’ve learned to live without you
But some nights my chest disagrees
So I leave the door unlocked
For the pieces you still keep in me
Yeah, I carry both—
The love and the leaving
In the same room.