Flour and Ink

[Intro]
[Verse]
Dust motes dance in the light
Golden hour, nearly night
Tin box on the counter top
Time feels like it's gonna stop
Old hinges give a rusty creak
Finding what I’ve come to seek
[Pre-Chorus]
Cardboard yellowed at the edge
Resting on the window ledge
I can see your cursive hand
Letters I now understand
[Chorus]
A tablespoon of salt and grace
I can almost see your face
In the flour and the ink
More than I dared to think
Just a pinch of who you were
Making all the shadows blur
[Post-Chorus]
In the flour and the ink
More than I dared to think
[Verse]
“Oven runs a little hot”
Notes on things that I forgot
Blueberry stains from eighty-four
Footprints on the kitchen floor
“Double this for Christmas Eve”
Things you didn't want to leave
[Pre-Chorus]
Smudged thumbprints on the side
Nowhere for the love to hide
I can smell the cooling bread
And the words you never said
[Chorus]
A tablespoon of salt and grace
I can almost see your face
In the flour and the ink
More than I dared to think
Just a pinch of who you were
Making all the shadows blur
[Bridge]
Cinnamon and nutmeg air
I can feel you standing there
Viola strings begin to sigh
Underneath a honey sky
It's a quiet kind of ache
In every single thing we bake
[Verse]
I thought I’d find a heavy grief
Instead I find a sweet relief
Gratitude in every line
Knowing that your heart was mine
Folding sugar into dough
Letting all the sorrow go
[Chorus]
A tablespoon of salt and grace
I can almost see your face
In the flour and the ink
More than I dared to think
Just a pinch of who you were
Making all the shadows blur
[Post-Chorus]
Just a pinch of who you were
Making all the shadows blur
[Outro]