Lyric

A button hanging by a loose thread

The morning bus is running late again

Inside my pocket, a crumpled memo stays

Where your handwriting still feels warm today

I was used to pointing fingers at the world

And at myself, as everything unfurled

But you just gave a little laugh and said

"Well, days like this are bound to be ahead"

I’m changing, while staying as I am

Bit by bit, but surely like a lamb

Using the way you taught me how to breathe

I’ll wait for someone, and I won't leave

More than protecting them from every scar

I’ll just be there, right where they are

Every time I’m remembering you

My hands are learning something kind and new

Spilled coffee by the corner store today

A child I don’t know is looking that way

The man I was would probably have turned

And walked away from lessons never learned

But today, I knelt down by their side

Asked them if they’re cold, with nothing to hide

Before the words could even leave my head

It was your gaze I offered them instead

I’m changing, while staying as I am

Slowly now, but surely like a lamb

Using the way you taught me how to breathe

I’ll think of strangers, and I won't leave

More than judging what is wrong or right

I’ll hold the trembling close into the night

Every time I’m remembering you

My voice is sounding soft and true

The night we missed the final train back home

Two cans of cocoa, we were not alone

"You don't have to be perfect," you told me then

A faint and hazy light from way back when

It’s still echoing deep inside my coat

A quiet rhythm, a gentle note

I’m keeping the shape that makes me who I am

But rounding the edges like a gentle lamb

I’m changing, while staying as I am

Bit by bit, but surely like a lamb

Using the way you taught me how to breathe

I’ll touch the world, and I won't leave

You never said a word, you just stayed near

And showed me how to hold the things I fear

Every time I’m remembering you

I like the version of me that’s coming through