Everything Still Here — DaddyLove

Intro

Dust on the shelf, soft light
Your mug still on my side (mmm)
Half a book, turned down page
The kind of mess that's hard to hide (okay)

Verse 1

The closet holds your older sweaters
Grey and soft and smelling fine
I keep walking past the doorway
Forgetting what was yours and mine
Grocery list in your handwriting
Eggs and milk and valentines
I left them on the fridge too long
They start to feel like warning signs

Pre-Chorus

Now the afternoon is low and long
Every shadow lands right where I'm strong

Chorus

I stayed inside a life that fit like fear (yeah)
Rearranged the furniture each year
I kept the peace, I kept it small and still
Now I'm learning what I want and feel
If you write, I'll read it, I'll be fair
I don't want the version of me that disappears

Verse 2

Dinner for one, the radio low
Cooking slow like I've got nowhere to be
Photographs still in their places
Smiling faces I'm not ready to free
Sent a voice note, deleted it twice
Stood outside the words and watched them leave
Said I'm fine when fine meant floating
Treading water, calling that the sea

Pre-Chorus

If I shrank myself to keep the calm
Let me grow back toward the open palm

Chorus

I stayed inside a life that fit like fear (alright)
Rearranged the furniture each year
I kept the peace, I kept it small and still
Now I'm learning what I want and feel
If you write, I'll read it, I'll be fair
I don't want the version of me that disappears

Bridge

I'll keep the plant, I'll learn its name
Water it slow, let things change (I will)
Open the window, let the cold come in
Feel the weather on my face again
And if love has a door that I can knock on
One that opens wide and stays unlocked then
I'll walk through it different than before
Not so quiet, not so small, not so sure

Outro

Light moves across the wall, it stays (stays)
I sit in it, I let it take (take me)
Next time I'll say the thing I meant
Till the room holds more than what I spent