Maybe Better Than Then

Lyrics

[Verse 1] You left your coffee by the window A paper ring on the wooden sill I kept the room the way you had it Though every room is changing still [Pre-Chorus] I learned the shape of letting go By watching dust cross the afternoon [Chorus] If you come back, come back honest No borrowed words, no careful disguise I can meet you where the truth is With both hands open, both eyes alive If you come back, come back slowly There’s still a place where the old hurt ends Not the same as before But maybe better than then [Verse 2] The train rolls past at quarter seven The windows flicker, then disappear I used to count them for distraction Now I just listen when they’re near [Pre-Chorus] Some things break and keep their color Some roads bend without turning wrong [Chorus] If you come back, come back honest No borrowed words, no careful disguise I can meet you where the truth is With both hands open, both eyes alive If you come back, come back slowly There’s still a place where the old hurt ends Not the same as before But maybe better than then [Bridge] I won’t promise we can recover Every minute we misplaced But I know what I’m willing to carry And I know what I won’t erase [Final Chorus] If you come back, come back honest Let the silence tell us where to begin I can meet you where the truth is Not as strangers, not as who we’ve been If you come back, come back slowly Leave the door open, let the daylight in Not the same as before But maybe better than then [Outro] Maybe better than then Maybe this is where we begin