Break This Way

I found your sweater in the drawer;

Still smells like everything before;

I didn't cry, I swear I tried;

To keep the ocean on the other side;

Three months gone and

I still set two plates;

Muscle memory of a love that breaks;

But the walls are getting thin;

And the flood is coming in;

So break, break, let it break;

Every promise that we couldn't make;

I gave you all the pieces of my chest;

And you walked out with the parts of me that were the best;

Break, break, I'll survive the ache;

But God,

I never knew that love could break this way;

They say it's better that you're gone;

So why's my stubborn heart holding on?

I rehearse the things I never say;

To a door that already walked away;

Your side of the bed is a foreign land;

Cold and wide where

I used to find your hand;

But the walls are getting thin;

And the flood is coming in;

So break;

Break, let it break;

Every promise that we couldn't make;

I gave you all the pieces of my chest;

And you walked out with the parts of me that were the best;

Break, break;

I'll survive the ache;

But God, I never knew;

That love could break this way;

One day I'll wake and

I'll reach for the phone;

One day this empty house will feel like home;

One day;

But not tonight;

No, not tonight;

Let it break;

I'll survive the ache;

So break, break, let it break;

I'll gather every piece I gotta take;

And the parts of me you thought you'd keep;

I'm taking them back even in my sleep;

Break, break, I'll survive the ache;

And one day;

Love won't break this way;

One day, not today;

But I'll survive the ache;