Lyric

You left your sweater on my chair

Smells like rain and yesterday

Lamp is low, the hallway hums

I talk to you in my head

If you were here, I’d say

Lay your weight on this side of the bed

Let your worries pile on my chest

I’ll hold all the heavy, you can rest

If you were here, I’d say

You’re not too much, you’re just tired

Stay as long as your heart requires

I’ll be right here, keeping watch while you breathe

The clock blinks past 2 a.m

Every digit feels like sand

I trace the pattern of the quilt

Pretend it’s your tired hands

If you were here, I’d ask

What’s the thought that hurts the most

Name the fear like a fading ghost

We can watch it loosen, floating off your face

If you were here, I’d ask

Who convinced you you’re a burden

I would gently prove them uncertain

Listing every quiet way you make this place feel true

Street noise fades to almost none

Old fridge croons a crooked tune

I tuck your photo in the frame

Like you just left the room

If you were here, I’d say

You don’t have to earn this space

There’s a home inside my days

With a key that only answers to your name

If you were here, I’d say

Let the tears come if they need

I’ll just listen, I won’t lead

Till your breathing finds a rhythm of its own

I send a message, then delete

Too afraid I sound untrue

But every silence in this house

Keeps spelling out “I miss you”

[voice almost a murmur]

You are not broken, just bruised

You are not lost, just late

Every scar you hide so hard

Fits my arms like it was made

If you were here, right now

I’d turn every doubt to ground

Let your name be said out loud

Till it feels like something kind and real again

If you were here, right now

You could fall apart and stay

I’d move every ache my way

Two empty pillows learning how to wait for you