Shape of Goodbye

[Intro]

One chair by the window, rain on the sill

I count every promise that never stood still

[Verse 1]

You left your blue cup beside the sink

Like a little proof I still had time to think

I read your last message till the letters went thin

Then folded my pride and let the silence in

Mama says healing comes slow as the tide

But I keep your old jacket hanging inside

I tell my friends that I’m learning to breathe

Then lose the whole evening to your memory

[Pre-Chorus]

If you hear me, don’t answer tonight

I’m still learning the shape of goodbye

[Chorus]

Come back only if you mean it

Don’t knock if your heart won’t stay

I can carry all this grieving

But I can’t keep losing you the same way

Oh, I’m still here, still here

With your name in the words I don’t say

[Verse 2]

The landlord fixed the lock last week

Now nobody’s coming, not even me

Your photograph leans by the radio

Sun-faded edges, a face I know

I walk past the market where we used to meet

Buy two mangoes, then leave one in the street

Some habits outlive the hands they knew

Some roads keep turning back to you

[Pre-Chorus]

If you hear me, don’t answer tonight

I’m still learning the shape of goodbye

[Chorus]

Come back only if you mean it

Don’t knock if your heart won’t stay

I can carry all this grieving

But I can’t keep losing you the same way

Oh, I’m still here, still here

With your name in the words I don’t say

[Bridge]

Maybe love is a house with the windows wide

Maybe letting go is the door inside

I won’t curse your footsteps fading down the lane

I’ll bless what was real, then loosen the chain

[Final Chorus]

Come back only if you mean it

Don’t knock if your heart won’t stay

I can carry all this grieving

And I won’t keep losing me the same way

Oh, I’m still here, still here

Learning how to meet the day

[Outro]

One chair by the window, dawn on the sill

The room is still quiet, but I’m breathing still