Miss You in the Ordinary

Lyrics

[Verse 1] I found your old blue sweater Folded behind the winter quilts The cuff is loose and weathered Still shaped by the way you held it I set a cup beside me Then laughed at what I’d done Some habits keep their promise Even when the day moves on [Pre-Chorus] I tell the house the little things You would have understood The neighbor’s dog, the garden gate The rain against the wood [Chorus] I miss you in the ordinary In the morning and the meal In every chair around the table In the quiet that turns real But love is not a photograph That fades beneath the sun You’re in the words I carry And the person I’ve become [Verse 2] Your recipe is smudged now But I know where the salt line goes I hear your patient laughter When the kettle starts to groan I wish I’d asked more questions About the years before my name Still, every story that you gave me Keeps a doorway in the frame [Pre-Chorus] So I speak your name at dinner Not to make the silence leave Just to keep a place beside me For the parts I still believe [Chorus] I miss you in the ordinary In the morning and the meal In every chair around the table In the quiet that turns real But love is not a photograph That fades beneath the sun You’re in the words I carry And the person I’ve become [Bridge] If I could borrow one more Sunday I’d arrive before the tea I’d stay until the porch went dark And let you talk to me No grand goodbye, no perfect line Just your hand inside my own I’d learn the shape of being near Before I had to go [Final Chorus] I miss you in the ordinary When the first birds start to call In the little acts of kindness That I learned from you at all And love is more than absence It is work we carry on You’re in the words I carry And the person I become [Outro] Your blue sweater by the window Your name beneath my breath Some loves remain beside us Long after leaving does