Lyric

I fold your name

In my coat pocket

Like a letter

I never sent

The gate still leans

Like it’s waiting

For your hand

To make it whole

I call the house

Then I stop

I listen hard

For your reply

Just the hush

Between the rings

And my own breath

Coming back

For someone I can’t reach

I keep the light on

For someone I can’t reach

I set a place at the table

I say your name slow

Like it might travel

I say your name slow

Into the dark

The chairs are moved

But your coat shape

Still lives in the hall

By the door

I pass your room

And lower my eyes

Like the air in there

Still knows you

If you’re far away

In another town

Or under the ground

Or just beyond

I still feel you

In ordinary things

The cracked blue cup

The quiet spoon

For someone I can’t reach

I keep the light on

For someone I can’t reach

I set a place at the table

I say your name slow

Like it might travel

I say your name slow

Into the dark

Maybe the road

Took your footsteps

Maybe time did

What time will do

Maybe you’re here

In the grain of the wood

In the bend of my hand

When I’m missing you

(Hold on)

(Hold on)

For someone I can’t reach

I keep the light on

For someone I can’t reach

I set a place at the table

I say your name slow

And it finds me

I say your name slow

And I don’t let go

(For someone I can’t reach)

(For someone I can’t reach)