Lyric

I saw a picture

By accident

You were laughing

In a softer light

There was a table

I did not know

A little window

Behind your shoulder

Someone had taken

The quiet seat

Where I once placed

My tired hands

And I was thankful

Then I was small

Both things happened

At the same time

I wanted you safe

I wanted you warm

Then saw the room

Had learned without me

It did not break

It did not wait

It found a way

To hold your morning

Let the light stay on

Where I used to be

Let the table hold

A better kind of peace

Let the door stay wide

For a life I do not reach

I can bless the room

And still feel the empty seat

I will not darken

What made you free

I can stand outside

And let it be

Go on

Go on

I will not stand there

I will not stand there

You looked lighter

Than I remembered

Like the weather

Had left your face

I used to think

My watching over

Was a shelter

You needed most

But maybe silence

After my leaving

Gave you back

A clearer sky

Maybe my absence

Was not a wound

Maybe it opened

Room to breathe

It hurt to know

And helped to know

That you were safe

Past my hands

I had to learn

The kinder truth

Some love survives

By stepping back

Let the light stay on

Where I used to be

Let the table hold

A better kind of peace

Let the door stay wide

For a life I do not reach

I can bless the room

And still feel the empty seat

I will not darken

What made you free

I can stand outside

And let it be

Go on

Go on

I will not stand there

I will not stand there

I do not need

To be remembered

In every corner

You made new

I do not need

To be the shadow

Passing through

Your afternoon

If there is kindness

Left inside me

It should not ask

To be seen

I can bless it

From a distance

Your life

Without me

Let the light stay on

Where I used to be

Let the table hold

A better kind of peace

Let the door stay wide

For a life I do not reach

I can bless the room

And still feel the empty seat

I will not darken

What made you free

I can stand outside

And let it be

Go on

Go on

I will not stand there

I will not stand there