Your Blue Mug

Lyrics

[Verse 1] Your blue mug’s still beside the sink The handle chipped where you would drink A list in your handwriting Still says, “Pick up oranges” in the spring [Pre-Chorus] I used to think that leaving meant The past would loosen its hold But some things travel quietly In the pockets of your coat [Chorus] I can’t go back to how it was But I can keep what made us us The kitchen jokes, the rainy drive The way we learned to say goodbye And when the old days cross my mind I let them sit a little while Then turn the key, step out the door I’m not who I was before [Verse 2] The corner shop has changed its sign They moved the benches down the line I pass the place we missed the train And smile at how we laughed at rain [Pre-Chorus] I don’t need every answer now Or every ending understood Some things can matter deeply Even when they couldn’t stay for good [Chorus] I can’t go back to how it was But I can keep what made us us The kitchen jokes, the rainy drive The way we learned to say goodbye And when the old days cross my mind I let them sit a little while Then turn the key, step out the door I’m not who I was before [Bridge] If I could meet that younger me Waiting by the station clock I’d say, “You’ll miss what’s gone, that’s true And still find somewhere new to walk” [Final Chorus] I can’t go back to how it was But I can keep what made us us The kitchen jokes, the rainy drive The parts that time could not untie And when the old days cross my mind I let them sit a little while Then turn the key, step out the door I’m not who I was before [Outro] Your blue mug’s still beside the sink I leave it there, and let it be