After the Last Light

Keep your coat on the chair by the door

Like a quiet little storm, I can't quite ignore

The kettle's gone cold, the room holds its breath

And I wear your silence like a second death

I talk to the shadows when the morning comes through

Tell them I'm fine

And I fold back in two

In naming my love tastes of smoke and rain

And every good memory still ends like pain

If you're gone

Then go all the way

Don't leave your ghost to bruise my day

I gave you the softest parts of me

Now I′m learning how to bleed and breathe

It's love on a fiery lovely ash

But I still feel your hand in the past

So I sing with the last of my broken life

'Til my heart learned how to survive the night

I stood in the mirror and watched myself shake

Saw every old promise begin to play

There's a crack in my voice where the truth comes through

I was never as strong as I tried to prove

If you're gone, then go all the way

Don't leave your ghost to bruise my day

I gave you the softest part to me

Now I'm learning how to bleed and breathe

If love was a fire, you left me ash

But I still feel your hand in the past

So I sing with the last of my broken life

'Til my heart learns how to survive the night

And I hate that I still miss the way

You said my name like a prayer in May

But I've done been falling into the hurt

Done wearing your goodbye like it's my worth

If you're gone

Then go all the way

Come leave your ghost to bruise my day

I gave you the softest part of me

Now I'm learning how to bleed and breathe

No more begging the thought to stay

No more kneeling where love decays

I'll take this crack in my voice tonight

And turn it into my own damn life