We Left the Lamp On

Mmm

Mmm

You left your blue coat on my kitchen chair

Rain in the hallway, perfume in the air

I folded the sleeves like you might come back

Then watched the evening settle black

I still pour two cups without thinking

Still pause when the floorboards move

Some goodbyes keep softly ringing

Long after they leave the room

If love was a room, we left the lamp on

A little warmth where the night comes through

I can be fine, I can keep moving on

But every quiet corner turns to you

We were beautiful, almost darling

Close enough to make it true

If love was a room we left the lamp on

And I still see the light from you

Your paperback rests beside the bed between tickets

Tucked between the pages

I read the same line you once had read

And lose my place across the ages

I don't blame the changing weather

Or the miles that grew between

Some hearts can hold forever

And still not stay where they've been

If love was a room, we left the lamp on

A little warmth where the night comes through

I can be fine, I can keep moving on

But every quiet corner turns to you

We were a beautiful almost darling

Close enough to make it true

If love was a room, we left the lamp on

And I still see the light from you

Mmm

Maybe someday in a crowded station

I'll hear you laugh behind the crowd

No grand return, no explanation

Just two old names said softly out loud

And I'll smile for what we carried

Not the ending, not the ache

Some doors close without being hurried

Some hearts bend, but never break

If love was a room, we left the lamp on

A little warmth where the night comes through

I can be fine, I can keep moving on

Still every quiet corner turns to you

We were beautiful, almost darling

Close enough to make it true

If love was a room, we left the lamp on

And I still see the light from you

Your blue coat hangs on the kitchen chair

The room is quiet, but you're everywhere