The Blue Cup

Lyrics

[Verse 1] You left your blue cup by the sink again The one with the crack shaped like a crooked grin I turn it over, thumb the chipped white rim Like there's a note beneath the glaze from then The hallway clock skips every fourth beat Your old coat still hangs by the backseat I know the rent is due, the pipes complain Still I catch myself saving you a place [Pre-Chorus] I tell myself it's just a habit Just a door I never shut But every little thing you left here Takes up more room than it should [Chorus] If you come back, come back honest No soft excuse, no borrowed promise I can take the truth in pieces I can't keep living in the almost If you come back, say it plainly Say you missed me, say you changed I won't ask you to be perfect Just don't leave the same way [Verse 2] Your sister called about the photographs She found that summer box behind the fan There we are, sunburned at the county fair You holding two lemonades, my ribbon in your hair I laughed before I knew I missed that sound Then put the whole stack face-down on the ground It's strange how memory edits out the fight And keeps the paper crown you wore that night [Pre-Chorus] I tell myself it's just a habit Just a door I never shut But every little thing you left here Takes up more room than it should [Chorus] If you come back, come back honest No soft excuse, no borrowed promise I can take the truth in pieces I can't keep living in the almost If you come back, say it plainly Say you missed me, say you changed I won't ask you to be perfect Just don't leave the same way [Bridge] Maybe we were both too proud to ask What the silence meant beneath the words Maybe there's no fixing what we had Maybe still, I want to know for sure [Final Chorus] If you come back, come back honest No soft excuse, no borrowed promise I can take the truth in pieces I can't keep living in the almost If you come back, say it plainly Say you missed me, say you changed I won't ask you to be perfect Just don't leave the same way [Outro] The blue cup's still beside the sink I don't know what to do with it