The Lining of My Coat

[Intro]
[Verse]
Found a picture today
In a pocket of grey
Lining of a heavy coat
Like a secret little note
You were smiling at the sun
Before the world had begun
Just two kids in the grass
Watching every summer pass
[Pre-Chorus]
I felt a sudden chill
Standing perfectly still
Realizing how we changed
Everything feels rearranged
[Chorus]
Oh, it wasn't a fight
Didn't happen overnight
We just drifted like the tide
With nowhere left to hide
Now you're a ghost I used to know
Someone I had to let go
But I love you just the same
Even if I don't speak your name
[Post-Chorus]
Just a slow, slow drift
Such a quiet, heavy rift
[Verse]
We had matching denim vests
Putting life to the tests
Riding bikes until the dark
Leaving shadows in the park
Then the letters got so few
Until I lost the scent of you
No one slammed a single door
We just didn't talk no more
[Pre-Chorus]
I touch the glossy paper
Watch the memories vapor
Wondering where you are now
If you kept your silent vow
[Chorus]
Oh, it wasn't a fight
Didn't happen overnight
We just drifted like the tide
With nowhere left to hide
Now you're a ghost I used to know
Someone I had to let go
But I love you just the same
Even if I don't speak your name
[Bridge]
Time is a thief in the night
Stealing the heat and the light
I don't blame the wind for the change
I don't find the silence so strange
It’s just the way the river flows
Where the wild clover grows
And the heart simply knows
How the story goes
[Instrumental]
[Verse]
Now the edges are all frayed
Like the promises we made
I put the photo back inside
Where the lonely feelings hide
It’s a heavy kind of grace
To remember your sweet face
In this old woolly sleeve
Something I could never leave
[Chorus]
Oh, it wasn't a fight
Didn't happen overnight
We just drifted like the tide
With nowhere left to hide
Now you're a ghost I used to know
Someone I had to let go
But I love you just the same
Even if I don't speak your name
[Post-Chorus]
Just a slow, slow drift
Such a quiet, heavy rift
In the lining of my coat
Like a secret little note
[Outro]