Let the Quiet Tell the Truth

Lyrics

[Verse 1] I kept your note inside the kitchen drawer Beneath the takeout menus and the keys The ink had faded where you wrote my name But not the part that asked me not to leave [Pre-Chorus] Now every ordinary thing Has learned the shape of you [Chorus] If I could turn the room around And find you waiting by the door I’d trade the years I carried out For one small minute more No grand apology to make No perfect words to prove Just let me sit beside you there And let the quiet tell the truth [Verse 2] The landlord painted over all the marks Where we measured summer against the wall A different family hangs their coats there now Still, I remember every inch of it all [Pre-Chorus] Some homes are only borrowed time Some doors refuse to close [Chorus] If I could turn the room around And find you waiting by the door I’d trade the years I carried out For one small minute more No grand apology to make No perfect words to prove Just let me sit beside you there And let the quiet tell the truth [Bridge] I’m not asking for the past I know it won’t come back I’m only learning how to hold The good without the ache attached [Final Chorus] If I could turn the room around I’d meet you as I am With empty hands and open eyes No script, no second plan No grand apology to make No perfect words to prove Just let me sit beside you there And let the quiet tell the truth Let the quiet tell the truth [Outro] The note stays in the kitchen drawer And I finally let it be