A Little More Room

Lyrics

[Verse 1] I kept your letter in the kitchen drawer Beside the matches and the grocery list The paper curled where rainy mornings came But I still knew every word by touch You said the door was never locked for me I heard it as a promise, then a chain So I learned the shape of being quiet And wore it like a borrowed name [Pre-Chorus] But tonight the house is holding its breath And I can feel my hands again [Chorus] I am not the girl you left behind Not the almost, not the afterthought I can carry what I couldn't hide I can lose you without getting lost Let the old fear take the long way home Let it knock until the morning starts I am still here, with an open heart And a little more room inside the dark [Verse 2] The blue mug cracked along the handle I threw it out beneath the elm Some things don't need a second fixing Some things fit better when they're gone I took the train beyond the county line Watched the fields turn copper through the glass For the first time, leaving wasn't running It was choosing what I wouldn't ask [Pre-Chorus] And the silence isn't empty now It sounds like footsteps on the ground [Chorus] I am not the girl you left behind Not the almost, not the afterthought I can carry what I couldn't hide I can lose you without getting lost Let the old fear take the long way home Let it knock until the morning starts I am still here, with an open heart And a little more room inside the dark [Bridge] If I break, let it be like winter ice Giving way beneath a rising tide No apology, no final plea Just the life that kept on choosing me [Final Chorus] I am not the girl you left behind I am every road I wouldn't cross I can carry what I couldn't hide I can grieve you without calling it a loss Let the old fear take the long way home Let it knock until the morning starts I am still here, with an open heart And the whole wide sky inside the dark [Outro] The letter sleeps beneath the kitchen light My hands are steady now