[Verse 1]
You wore that yellow beanie
All summer
All the time
Little holes along the edges
Every rip a quiet sign
Coffee stains and fraying threads
Rain-soaked walks and late-night rides
I learned your face in that old cap
And the way you’d pull it to the side
[Chorus]
Yellow beanie heart
Darned and sewn together
You and that soft old thing
Had seen through every weather
Said you couldn’t be parted
It fit you like a part of your soul
Then someone took it from you
And left this aching hole
[Verse 2]
You laughed it off at breakfast
But your eyes told on you
Reaching up and finding nothing
Like a ghost had slipped right through
Every photo
Every memory
You in that faded crown
Suddenly the world felt colder
Like the sky had fallen down
[Chorus]
Yellow beanie heart
Darned and sewn together
You and that soft old thing
Had seen through every weather
Said you couldn’t be parted
It fit you like a part of your soul
Then someone took it from you
And left this aching hole
[Bridge]
Weeks went by
You stopped your searching
Said
“Guess some things just don’t come back”
But I saw you trace the line
Where the brim once brushed your hat
Then one night at our old corner
There it was on someone’s knee
You froze up
Tears already forming
When they turned and handed me
[Chorus]
Your yellow beanie heart
Back in shaking fingers
You pressed it to your chest
Let that moment linger (oh)
Every tear in your eye
Shone brighter than the streetlight glow
You slipped it on and whispered
“Now I’m finally home”
[Outro]
Holes and rips and clumsy stitches
All the proof of where we’ve been
If it’s lost and then it’s found
I’ll choose your beanie
And you
Again