Lyric

Your side of the closet is empty

I opened it this morning

All those shirts I used to push aside

Every one of them is gone

I thought I'd like the extra room

God knows I used to complain

So I moved one of my dresses over

And stood there looking at it

It looked wrong on your side

That's all

So I moved it back

Where it was before

I know you don't live here anymore

I know that space is mine

But I can't put my clothes

Where yours used to hang

You took the shirts, the jackets

Even the shoes below

Still I leave your side empty

Every time I open the door

You took the blue jacket

The one you never wore

Even the old shoes by the bottom shelf

I thought you'd leave those behind

I found one empty hanger

Caught behind the closet door

I held it for a second

Then hung it back up

I could use the room

I probably will

Just not today

Maybe not yet

I know you don't live here anymore

I know that space is mine

But I can't put my clothes

Where yours used to hang

You took the shirts, the jackets

Even the shoes below

Still I leave your side empty

Every time I open the door

My sister came by yesterday

Said I should move things around

Make the place feel more like mine

I told her maybe I would

After she left

I wiped down your empty shelf

Opened a drawer beneath it

Then closed it again

What am I keeping it for?

You're not coming back for anything

There's nothing here you forgot

I know

I know

I opened the closet twice today

Didn't put a thing in

I don't know

Maybe tomorrow

I know you don't live here anymore

I don't need reminding

I opened your side again tonight

And stood there for a while

One empty hanger

An empty shelf below

I could put something there

But I didn't

Just empty hangers

And room for my things

I know you don't live here anymore

Maybe tomorrow I'll move something in

Maybe one dress

Maybe two

I don't want you back

I don't want to undo anything

Tonight I closed the closet

And left it like it was

I open the closet door

Move one dress over

I almost move it back

This time

I leave it there