[Verse 1: First Wife]
I’m in the hallway where the afternoon rests
A silver frame holds the blue of my dress
You kept that picture through every season
A quiet promise, a room full of reasons
[Verse 2: Second Wife]
I found the frame when we carried the boxes
Your careful hands stopped beside the old lockets
I saw her smile and I knew what it meant
A life that was cherished, not something to forget
[Pre-Chorus: First Wife]
Don’t turn my face toward the wall
[Pre-Chorus: Second Wife]
Don’t make your heart choose at all
[Chorus: Both Wives]
Leave us there, side by side
Two kinds of love in the same house tonight
One held your youth, one holds your days
Neither love is taken away
When you look at us, let the whole truth shine
You were loved twice, and that love is kind
Leave us there, where the sunlight falls
Two wedding photos, one heart through it all
[Verse 3: Second Wife]
I won’t compete with the years that came before me
Or ask you to hide the woman who adored you
Her hand in yours made a road to this door
Her goodbye is part of the man I love more
[Verse 4: First Wife]
And I can see how you tremble and wonder
If choosing joy makes your old vows grow fonder
Please let her hold you; please let yourself live
The love that remains is the gift I can give
[Bridge: First Wife]
I am not a ghost asking you to stay
[Bridge: Second Wife]
I am not a thief of yesterday
[Bridge: Both Wives]
Put the frames where the morning comes through
Let every new day remember us too
[Final Chorus: Both Wives]
Leave us there, side by side
Two kinds of love in the same house tonight
One held your youth, one holds your days
Neither love is taken away
When you look at us, let the whole truth shine
You were loved twice, and that love is kind
Leave us there, where the sunlight falls
Two wedding photos, one heart through it all
[Outro: Both Wives]
Side by side, beneath the same sky
Love does not end when a goodbye arrives
Side by side, let the years make it clear
There is room for the past and the life waiting here