I Wish You Were Able to

Lyrics

[Verse 1] I keep your coffee cup beside the sink Though you left before the kettle learned to sing Your blue scarf hangs from the hallway nail A small, soft flag for the love I never mailed [Pre-Chorus] If I could gather every ordinary day The grocery lists, the train rides, the words I couldn't say I'd lay them at your feet until you knew There was no part of me untouched by you [Chorus] I wish you were able to know how much I love you More than the rooms we shared, more than the sky is blue Every little moment keeps becoming proof I wish you were able to know how much I love you If my heart had a language, it would only speak your name If distance had a number, I'd count it all the same And cross every mile just to tell the truth I wish you were able to know how much I love you [Verse 2] I found your note beneath the winter coat Three crooked lines that made the whole house float You asked me once what I was frightened of I should have said the day you'd doubt my love [Pre-Chorus] So I remember every detail I can keep The chipped white bowl, the way you laughed in your sleep Nothing grand, nothing made for someone new Just a lifetime's worth of small things leading back to you [Chorus] I wish you were able to know how much I love you More than the rooms we shared, more than the sky is blue Every little moment keeps becoming proof I wish you were able to know how much I love you If my heart had a language, it would only speak your name If distance had a number, I'd count it all the same And cross every mile just to tell the truth I wish you were able to know how much I love you [Bridge] Maybe love is not a thunderclap or sign Maybe it's the light left on when you are late at night Maybe it's this ache that never asks to leave Maybe one day you'll feel it when you think of me [Final Chorus] I wish you were able to know how much I love you More than any photograph could ever make come true Every quiet breath I take still reaches out to you I wish you were able to know how much I love you And if these words arrive too late to change the view Let them be the truest thing I ever gave to you I have loved you in every way I knew I wish you were able to know how much I love you [Outro] The kettle cools, the hallway waits I love you still, beyond the words I made