Quiet Cargo

Verse 1

I stood in your driveway longer than I should
Trying to find the right last words
You kept saying you’d be okay
But your eyes were doing something else
I don’t think either of us believed it
We just didn’t want to make it worse

Pre-Chorus

I don’t need a promise
I just need to mean this

Chorus

I will carry you quietly
Through whatever comes next for me
I won’t ask you to stay or choose
I’ll just keep the good parts of you
If loving you means letting go
Then that’s what I’ll learn to do
I will carry you quietly
Even when you’re not here anymore

Verse 2

There’s a shirt you left in my back seat
I still smell your shampoo in it
I should throw it out but I don’t
Because that would feel like lying
Everybody thinks endings are loud
But this one barely said goodbye

Pre-Chorus

I don’t need to be remembered
I just need to be honest

Chorus

I will carry you quietly
Not in pictures not in pain
I won’t hold you like a regret
I’ll hold you like a name
If our story is finished now
Then let it end true
I will carry you quietly
In everything I do

Bridge

I don’t want forever
I just want to mean what I said
That you mattered to me
More than how it all ended

Final Chorus

I will carry you quietly
Through whatever I become
I won’t rewrite what we were
Just because it’s done
If loving you is something
I don’t get to explain
I will carry you quietly
In the life I make

Outro

I won’t chase you
But I won’t forget either

Dark Blues-Rock • Modern Americana • Emotional Alternative, male, studio