The Quiet After You

[Verse 1]
VERSE 1:
I still leave the hallway light on
Like you're coming home tonight
There's a coat beside the doorway
And your shadow in my mind

[Verse 2]
I don't know when the silence
Started feeling like your voice
Maybe we were slowly fading
Long before we had a choice

[Verse 3]
PRE-CHORUS:
Now every room remembers
Every word we never said
And I keep finding pieces
Of the life we left unsaid

[Chorus]
CHORUS:
And I miss you in the quiet
When the whole world falls asleep
When there's nothing left to hide from
And your memory finds me
I don't need you to come back
I just wish you'd stayed somehow
'Cause the hardest part of losing you
Is learning how to live without

[Verse 4]
VERSE 2:
I walked past our old corner
Where we used to waste the night
You were laughing in the cold air
And I thought we'd be alright

[Verse 5]
Funny how a little moment
Can survive a thousand days
I can still hear you beside me
Even when I walk away

[Verse 6]
PRE-CHORUS:
Maybe love doesn't disappear
Maybe it just changes shape
Turns into a quiet feeling
That you carry when you ache

[Chorus]
CHORUS:
And I miss you in the quiet
When the whole world falls asleep
When there's nothing left to hide from
And your memory finds me
I don't need you to come back
I just wish you'd stayed somehow
'Cause the hardest part of losing you
Is learning how to live without

[Verse 7]
BRIDGE:
If I could have one evening
I wouldn't ask you to stay
I'd just sit there beside you
And let the silence say
Everything we couldn't tell each other
Everything we left behind
Then I'd watch you disappear
One last time

[Verse 8]
FINAL CHORUS:
And I'd miss you in the quiet
When the whole world falls asleep
But maybe all the love we had
Was never ours to keep
So I'll leave the hallway light off
And let the morning find me now
'Cause the hardest part of losing you
Was learning how to live without

[Verse 9]
OUTRO:
And somewhere in the silence
I think I'm finally letting go
Not because I stopped loving you
Just because I need to grow
So if you ever think about me
On some cold and distant night
Know that I loved you deeply
And I'll be alright