Lyric

I held the door

Like it was kind

Kept every softer

Thing inside

You looked at me

I looked away

The hall went quiet

Around your name

I thought silence

Meant I was fair

I thought leaving

Left less to repair

But I was young

In the wrong light

With empty hands

And a closed mouth

I did not know

What hurt could mean

Until it stayed

After you left

I had the shape

I had the weight

But not the words

Before the end

Now I have the words

But not the time

Now I know the ache

I left behind

I was not cruel

I was unfinished

I loved you late

And learned it wrong

Now I have the words

But not the door

You are not waiting

There anymore

Weeks became rooms

I learned to clean

Around the places

You had been

Your coat was gone

Your cup was not

Small things remembered

What I forgot

I found your kindness

After the rain

In all the mornings

I called plain

You were the warmth

I failed to name

Until the house

Changed every sound

I did not know

A heart could speak

Only when no one

Needed it now

I had the truth

Under my tongue

But I was slow

To let it out

Now I have the words

But not the time

Now I know the ache

I left behind

I was not cruel

I was unfinished

I loved you late

And learned it wrong

Now I have the words

But not the door

You are not waiting

There anymore

This is not a call

This is not a plea

This is just the part

That grew in me

I will not place it

In your hands

Or make my learning

Your demand

You do not owe

My better heart

A second room

Inside your life

I only wish

The boy I was

Had known your hurt

Before goodbye

Now I have the words

But not the time

Now I know the ache

I left behind

I was not cruel

I was unfinished

I loved you late

And learned it wrong

Now I have the words

But not the door

You are not waiting

There anymore

I keep the sentence

Soft and still

It came too late

But it came true

Before I had

The words for love

I let it leave

The room with you