Candle in the Dark

[Verse 1]

You left your blue coat by the kitchen chair

A little thread of winter still hangs there

I fold the sleeves the way you used to do

As if the shape might bring me back to you

[Pre-Chorus]

I have learned the weight of quiet rooms

And how a heart can bloom beside the wounds

[Chorus]

If you can hear me, wherever you are

I’m still carrying your name like a candle in the dark

Every road I take, every door I close

Leads me to the place where your kindness used to grow

And I will hold you near, though I have let you go

[Verse 2]

Your coffee cup is resting on the sill

The morning finds it waiting for you still

I tell the house the stories of our days

And hear your laugh inside the smallest things you gave

[Pre-Chorus]

Some goodbyes don’t vanish with the years

They turn into the strength that dries our tears

[Chorus]

If you can hear me, wherever you are

I’m still carrying your name like a candle in the dark

Every road I take, every door I close

Leads me to the place where your kindness used to grow

And I will hold you near, though I have let you go

[Bridge]

One day I’ll walk beneath a different sky

And feel no need to ask the reason why

But tonight, I’ll leave the porch light burning low

For every part of you I’m not ready to outgrow

[Final Chorus]

If you can hear me, wherever you are

I’m still carrying your name like a candle in the dark

Every road I take, every door I close

Leads me to the place where your kindness used to grow

And I will hold you near, wherever I may go

Yes, I will hold you near, though I have let you go

[Outro]

Though I have let you go