Freezer Receipt

Verse 1

I found your note in the butter

Folded up, half gone

Next to the peas in the corner

Under the frost, where the cold stayed on

It said, "Don't wait on the answer"

Like you knew what I'd do

Now I'm holding a paper sunrise

In a box that used to hold the truth

Pre-Chorus

And I laughed out loud

Then I stared at the sink

How does a tiny little line

Hit me harder than I think?

Chorus

Freezer receipt

Freezer receipt

You left a whole goodbye

Next to the green beans

Freezer receipt

Freezer receipt

I still can't throw it out

I still can't let it leave

Verse 2

The house keeps making small sounds

That I used to ignore

A spoon in the drawer, a screen door

A sock on the laundry floor

Your coffee mug by the window

Your key on the tray

Even the dog stops and listens

When I say your name that way

Pre-Chorus

And I know

It's a stupid little thing

But the smallest scraps of you

Keep the biggest hurt alive in me

Chorus

Freezer receipt

Freezer receipt

You left a whole goodbye

Next to the green beans

Freezer receipt

Freezer receipt

I still can't throw it out

I still can't let it leave

Bridge

Maybe I should read the back

Maybe there's more in ink

Maybe love is just a list

Of what we lose before we think

So I hold it to my chest

Like it might explain

How a folded-up mistake

Can still know my name

Final Chorus

Freezer receipt

Freezer receipt

You left a whole goodbye

Next to the green beans

Freezer receipt

Freezer receipt

I still can't throw it out

I still can't let it leave

Freezer receipt

Freezer receipt

Some small things never melt

They just stay inside of me