[Intro]
Cold cup sweating on the windowsill
You said you’re leaving, but you’re standing still
[Verse 1]
I keep one chair by the kitchen door
Like you might come back like you did before
Your keys still sleep in the ceramic bowl
Small little proof I can’t let go
I took the long way past your old side street
Rain on the hood, slow hands on the wheel
No grand goodbye, no final scene
Just your name fading from the passenger seat
[Pre-Chorus]
You pull me close, then you turn away
I lose a little more of me each day
[Chorus]
Don’t call when the room gets quiet
Don’t say you miss the way I tried it
I wore your weight till my back went numb
Now I’m learning what I’ve become
If you leave, leave clean, don’t circle back
I can’t keep rebuilding from the cracks
[Verse 2]
Your photograph leans by the unpaid bills
Blue ink, red wine, and the house stands still
I hear your laugh in the upstairs floor
Then remember you don’t live here anymore
I made my peace in a borrowed coat
With a dead phone and a throat full of smoke
Not proud of the nights I disappeared
But I found my voice when you weren’t here
[Pre-Chorus]
You pull me close, then you turn away
I lose a little more of me each day
[Chorus]
Don’t call when the room gets quiet
Don’t say you miss the way I tried it
I wore your weight till my back went numb
Now I’m learning what I’ve become
If you leave, leave clean, don’t circle back
I can’t keep rebuilding from the cracks
[Bridge]
I won’t be your almost, your nearly, your maybe
I won’t let your memory raise me
The door still sticks, but I know how to move
One hard push, and I’m walking through
[Final Chorus]
Don’t call when the room gets quiet
Don’t say you miss the way I tried it
I wore your weight till my back went numb
Now I’m learning what I’ve become
If you leave, leave clean, don’t circle back
I can’t keep rebuilding from the cracks
[Outro]
Cold cup dry on the windowsill
The house is mine, and it’s standing still