Twenty One Forever

Lyrics

[Verse 1] I still set a plate for you by habit, by hurt Your shoes by the door still gather the dirt The house says your name in the smallest ways A broken mug, a coat sleeve a blue bowl on the tray [Pre-Chorus] And I keep reaching for a sound in the hall But the air stays empty after all [Chorus] Twenty one forever twenty one forever I say your name and I say it again Twenty one forever twenty one forever You left too soon but you don't leave me then [Verse 2] Your laugh was a match in a room full of rain Now birthdays come near and they sharpen the pain Your photo on the shelf fades soft at the edge I touch it like proof I still have your face [Pre-Chorus] And I keep reaching for a sound in the hall But the air stays empty after all [Chorus] Twenty one forever twenty one forever I say your name and I say it again Twenty one forever twenty one forever You left too soon but you don't leave me then [Bridge] If love could pull you back I’d wear out my hands I’d call you home with both of them But grief is a river and I am in it too So I float your memory the only way through [Final Chorus] Twenty one forever twenty one forever I say your name and I say it again Twenty one forever twenty one forever You left too soon but you don't leave me then Twenty one forever twenty one forever My niece, my light you live on in me