Lyric

I found your letter in the drawer last night

The ink still smells like you somehow

You wrote my name like it might disappear

I held it close and made a vow

The coffee cup you left beside the sink

I never moved it from its place

Some promises were never meant to break

Some things I cannot just erase

I promised you the sky would always clear

I promised you I'd meet you in the light

I promised you that I would still be here

But promises dissolve like stars at night

And all I have is everything we were

A quiet ache that never goes away

I'll keep your name somewhere beneath my words

Until the sky runs out of things to say

The photograph is fading at the edge

Your smile is blurring into white

I trace the outline with my fingertip

And lose you somewhere in the light

The season changed without a warning sign

The cherry blossoms came and fell

I stood beneath them thinking of your laugh

A story only I could tell

I promised you the cold would turn to warm

I promised you I'd find you in the rain

I promised you I'd weather every storm

But promises can't hold against the pain

And all I feel is everything we lost

A hollow space where you used to be

I'll carry you no matter what the cost

Until the tide forgets to reach the sea

Maybe this is what it means to heal

To hold the wound and let it breathe

Not to forget but just to learn to feel

The weight of what we couldn't keep

I promised you the night would fade to dawn

I promised you I'd never let you down

I promised you I'd stay until the song

But promises are just the prettiest sound

And all I know is everything we had

Was real enough to break me into two

I'll hold the light inside the dark and sad

Until I find a way to get to you