The Softness Left Behind

[Intro]
[Verse]
The window pane is weeping
While the new house is sleeping
I pull the tape from the box
Past the keys and the locks
There it lies in the dark
Waiting for a tiny spark
Of the afternoon sun
Now the unpacking is done
[Pre-Chorus]
The air begins to shift
I feel the heavy lift
Of a lifetime in my hands
From the distant, quiet lands
[Chorus]
It is the softness left behind
In the knots you had to bind
A map of years in every line
Quiet love, so intertwined
It is the way you choose to stay
On a rainy day in May
[Post-Chorus]
Softness in the thread
Words you never said
Love is never dead
In the quilt upon the bed
[Verse]
Here is the blue of your gown
When you walked through the town
And a scrap of a kitchen drape
In a jagged, little shape
Every loss and every gain
Stitched together in the rain
You kept the edges clean
In the spaces in between
[Bridge]
You never asked for a stage
Or a name on a page
Just a needle and a thread
And the words you never said
But the warmth is loud and clear
Now that I have brought you here
[Verse]
The cottage feels less like a shell
Underneath your woven spell
I trace the path of your thumb
Where the weary heart grows numb
It is a legacy of grace
In this unfamiliar place
Love is just a simple thing
Like the coming of the spring
[Chorus]
It is the softness left behind
In the knots you had to bind
A map of years in every line
Quiet love, so intertwined
It is the way you choose to stay
On a rainy day in May
[Post-Chorus]
Softness in the thread
Words you never said
Love is never dead
In the quilt upon the bed
[Outro]