I keep your name
In the back of my mouth
Like a paper cut
I don't talk about
Your coat on the chair
Your boots by the door
I pass them in silence
Like I have before
And I thought I would break
If I let it stay
But the ache got tired
And it slipped away
Little by little I let you go
Little by little I let you go
It doesn't hurt
Like it did before
I can breathe here now
I can breathe some more
The kettle goes still
On a pale blue night
I watch the steam rise
Then leave my sight
Your ghost had a hold
On the shape of my days
Now it feels like weather
Moving off in haze
And I thought I would keep
Every ember close
But the hands of time
Were the first to know
Little by little I let you go
Little by little I let you go
It doesn't hurt
Like it did before
I can breathe here now
I can breathe some more
I kept one light on
For a long long time
But dawn came soft
And crossed that line
No big goodbye
No final fall
Just an open room
And nothing at all
Little by little I let you go
Little by little I let you go
It doesn't hurt
Like it did before
I can breathe here now
I can breathe some more
Little by little
I let you go
And what was heavy
Feels light enough to hold