The Recipe for You

[Intro]
[Verse]
The kitchen light is low and dim
I’m digging through a box from him
The wood is cracked and worn and old
With stories that were never told
I’ve got my coffee and my guitar
Wondering just where you are
[Pre-Chorus]
I never saw your smiling face
But I find you in this quiet space
Between the flour and the ink
It makes a tired grandson think
[Chorus]
He left a trail of breadcrumbs here
To keep your memory bright and clear
A pinch of salt, a grain of grace
I see the lines upon his face
In every loop of every letter
He promised he would do much better
It’s more than just a meal to make
It’s every single breath he’d take
[Post-Chorus]
Just a pinch of salt
Never was his fault
Just a grain of grace
In this quiet place
[Verse]
I found a smudge of chocolate cake
A little mess he used to make
And on the back of pot roast stew
He wrote a line or two to you
“I’m sorry that I burnt the meat”
“But having you makes life so sweet”
The ink is faded, blue and light
Like stars against a summer night
[Chorus]
He left a trail of breadcrumbs here
To keep your memory bright and clear
A pinch of salt, a grain of grace
I see the lines upon his face
In every loop of every letter
He promised he would do much better
It’s more than just a meal to make
It’s every single breath he’d take
[Bridge]
Then I turned a yellow page
A relic from a different age
A pressed daisy, dry and white
Hidden from the morning light
He kept it there to keep you close
The thing he said he loved the most
[Verse]
The house is still, the world is fast
But I am holding on to the past
I’ll fold these cards and put them back
Inside this dusty, wooden rack
I feel like I have met you now
I think I finally see just how
He loved you through the sugar jars
And underneath the kitchen stars
[Chorus]
He left a trail of breadcrumbs here
To keep your memory bright and clear
A pinch of salt, a grain of grace
I see the lines upon his face
In every loop of every letter
He promised he would do much better
It’s more than just a meal to make
It’s every single breath he’d take
[Post-Chorus]
Just a pinch of salt
Never was his fault
Just a grain of grace
In this quiet place
[Outro]