[Verse 1]
There's a porch swing still leaning to the left,
Paint peeling slow where we carved our names.
Morning light still falls across that front door,
But nothing in that place feels the same.
Your coffee cup is gone from the windowsill,
The silence learned your favorite tune.
I still catch myself turning down that gravel road,
Like somehow I'll find my way back to you.
(Soft ad libs: "Mmm...", "Yeah...")
[Pre-Chorus]
Funny how four walls can keep on standing,
Even when a love like ours falls apart.
A house can weather every storm that comes,
But it couldn't shelter two broken hearts.
[Chorus]
It's the house we left behind,
Where forever lost its meaning.
Every picture on those faded walls
Still remembers what we're missing.
The key don't fit the life we knew,
The mailbox stopped saying your name and mine.
You walked away... I walked away...
But neither of us ever left...
The house we left behind.
(Falsetto: "Behind... Ooh... So behind..." )
[Verse 2]
The backyard oak is getting taller now,
Guess time kept growing without us there.
The roses you planted still bloom each spring,
Like they never learned what goodbye means.
Neighbors wave when they see my truck,
Then their smiles slowly fade away.
Cause everybody knows this little town
Still whispers about the day you changed.
(Soft growl: "Oh, my heaven's lord!...")
[Pre-Chorus]
I traded forever for empty highways,
Trying to outrun yesterday.
But every mile just circles back
To memories I can't escape.
[Chorus]
It's the house we left behind,
Where forever lost its meaning.
Every picture on those faded walls
Still remembers what we're missing.
The key don't fit the life we knew,
The mailbox stopped saying your name and mine.
You walked away... I walked away...
But neither of us ever left...
The house we left behind.
(Ad libs: "No...", "Still there...", "Oh, Yeah!...")
(Piano and strings swell)
[Bridge]
If these walls could talk,
Would they blame me... or blame you?
Would they tell us love ain't something
You can pack into cardboard boxes too?
I guess home was never made of wood and stone.
It was every heartbeat you called your own.
(Powerful falsetto: "It's all our own!..." )
[Final Chorus] (Full band)
It's the house we left behind,
Standing quiet in the moonlight.
Holding every laugh we ever shared,
Every dream we couldn't make right.
Someone else may call it home someday,
Paint these memories a different color.
But to this old heart it'll always be
The place where I first loved...
The place where I lost love...
The house we left behind.
(Emotional growl/Falsetto: "Oh, yeah behind...")
(Acoustic guitar and piano fade)
[Outro]
I still drive by every now and then...
Just to see if the porch light's on.
Maybe houses never really break...
They just keep holding onto love...
Long after it's gone.
(Soft ad lib: "Mmm... Mmm... Oh-oh, yeah...")
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