Keep It Gently

[Verse 1]

You left your coffee by the window

A ring of gold on borrowed wood

I kept the note beneath the sugar

Though I never said I would

[Pre-Chorus]

Every little ordinary thing

Still knows the shape of you

I turn the key, I cross the room

And start the day anew

[Chorus]

If you can hear me, wherever you are

I’m sending this across the quiet dark

Not asking time to turn around

Just wishing you were here right now

And if the years have changed our view

There’s one small truth I still hold to

Some goodbyes don’t disappear

They learn to live beside us here

[Verse 2]

I found your jacket in the closet

The one you wore through early spring

I pressed it flat against my shoulder

Like it could make the doorway sing

[Pre-Chorus]

I’m not afraid of remembering

I’m only learning how

To carry what we couldn’t keep

Without losing myself now

[Chorus]

If you can hear me, wherever you are

I’m sending this across the quiet dark

Not asking time to turn around

Just wishing you were here right now

And if the years have changed our view

There’s one small truth I still hold to

Some goodbyes don’t disappear

They learn to live beside us here

[Bridge]

Maybe love is not a promise

That nothing ever has to change

Maybe it’s the hand we reach for

When the world feels rearranged

[Final Chorus]

If you can hear me, wherever you are

I’m sending this across the quiet dark

No, I don’t need time to turn around

I’m finding my way forward now

And if the years have changed our view

There’s one small truth I still hold to

What we had will stay sincere

I’ll keep it gently, keep it here

[Outro]

I’ll keep it gently, keep it here