The Blue Mug

[Verse 1]

You left your blue mug by the sink again

A little crescent of tea along the rim

I moved it twice, then put it back

Like some small proof I could still answer back

[Pre-Chorus]

The hallway clock skips every seventh beat

Your old coat keeps its shape behind the door

I tell myself I’m learning how to leave

Then reach for what I’m reaching for

[Chorus]

If you call, I’ll let it ring once

Let the room decide what I become

I’m not made of stone, I’m only tired

Of mistaking every spark for fire

If you call, I’ll breathe before I speak

Put both feet underneath me

Maybe love can lose its hold

Without turning cold

[Verse 2]

There’s a receipt from June inside a book

Two train tickets and the way you wrote my name

I used to think that looking back was proof

Now I know it’s just another kind of rain

[Pre-Chorus]

The morning pours a pale line through the blinds

The city starts its engines down below

I can carry what was yours and still be mine

I can set it down and go

[Chorus]

If you call, I’ll let it ring once

Let the room decide what I become

I’m not made of stone, I’m only tired

Of mistaking every spark for fire

If you call, I’ll breathe before I speak

Put both feet underneath me

Maybe love can lose its hold

Without turning cold

[Bridge]

I won’t make a villain out of you

I won’t make a prison out of me

Some doors close without a final scene

Some truths arrive quietly

[Final Chorus]

If you call, I’ll let it ring once

Let the room decide what I become

I’m not made of stone, I’m only tired

Of mistaking every spark for fire

If you call, I’ll breathe before I speak

Put both feet underneath me

Maybe love can lose its hold

And leave a hand to hold

[Outro]

The blue mug waits beside the sink

I leave it there, and leave it be