Leave Without a Map

Lyrics

[Verse 1] I packed the kitchen light in a cardboard box Left the blue cup beside the empty lock Your winter coat still hangs behind the door I know that I won't wear it anymore [Pre-Chorus] I counted every promise by the crack in the wall Some were never mine to carry at all [Chorus] I am learning how to leave without a map How to hold the pieces without asking for them back If I broke the silence, let it break me clean I was more afraid of love than I had ever been [Verse 2] The corner store remembers what I used to buy The owner nods but never asks me why A train rolls slowly past the western yard I watch it go and practice letting go hard [Pre-Chorus] There are names I keep beneath my tongue There are battles I was too tired to have won [Chorus] I am learning how to leave without a map How to hold the pieces without asking for them back If I broke the silence, let it break me clean I was more afraid of love than I had ever been [Bridge] Don't pull me toward the person I performed Don't dress the wreckage up and call it warm Give me one honest hour, give me one clear breath Let me meet the life that waits beyond regret [Final Chorus] I am learning how to leave without a map How to face the empty room and not collapse If I broke the silence, let it break me clean I can choose the kind of man I've never been [Outro] The blue cup waits beside the morning sink I stand there long enough to stop and think