The Last Thing I Keep

[HOOK / OPENING]

There's one thing I never threw away
It's still here when the whole day's changed
Funny how the smallest things
Can hold the weight of everything

[VERSE 1]

I packed your books into a cardboard box
Took your picture from the kitchen wall
Changed the sheets, moved the furniture
Did my best to make it feel like mine at all

Your number's gone from my favourites now
I don't check if you're online
But there's an old receipt inside my drawer
From that Friday night you said you'd stay the night

[PRE-CHORUS]

I thought I'd lose you piece by piece
Till there was nothing left to feel
But some things don't disappear
Just because they're easier to seal

[CHORUS]

You're the last thing I keep
When the room goes quiet
The last little piece
Of a life we left behind us
I don't want you back
I just can't let this leave
After everything we were
You're the last thing I keep

[VERSE 2]

I walk past our old place sometimes
There's a different name beside the door
I barely stop, I barely look
Still, I remember what we were before

I've learned to laugh without your name
I've learned the city without you
But when the night gets honest
There's one small thing I still can't move

[PRE-CHORUS]

Maybe time is doing what it does
Maybe I'm finally letting go
But if moving on means losing this
I'm not quite ready yet, I know

[CHORUS]

You're the last thing I keep
When the room goes quiet
The last little piece
Of a life we left behind us
I don't want you back
I just can't let this leave
After everything we were
You're the last thing I keep

[BRIDGE]

One day I might open that drawer
And find I don't need it anymore
Maybe I'll smile, maybe I'll cry
Maybe that's how I know goodbye

[FINAL CHORUS]

You're the last thing I keep
When the room goes quiet
The last little piece
Of a life we left behind us
I don't want you back
I just needed to believe
That something good was real
You're the last thing I keep

You're the last thing I keep
And maybe that's enough
Not because I want you here
But because we were once us