The Spare Mattress Frame

Verse 1

Left the door unlocked

Expecting your ghost to drift inside

Found a stray grey sweater

Underneath the spare mattress frame

It still carries that laundry soap smell

Pre-Chorus

Frozen clocks on the wall

Wait for hands that won't turn

Dust settles where we stood

I'm learning how to breathe alone

Chorus

But I will find a way

Across the canyons you left behind

Trading every memory for light

Forgiving the silence in my veins

Watching the sun rise on a map

Without your name marking the shore

I'm moving forward

Moving forward through the rain

Verse 2

Stumbled over old receipts

Found a receipt for that diner trip

Breakfast at four in the morning

Small yellow paper feels like lead

But I fold it into a bird

Pre-Chorus

Shadows stretching across the hall

Searching for a missing silhouette

Night birds call from the pine

I'm walking toward a different sky

Chorus

But I will find a way

Across the canyons you left behind

Trading every memory for light

Forgiving the silence in my veins

Watching the sun rise on a map

Without your name marking the shore

I'm moving forward

Moving forward through the rain

Bridge

First the sorrow then the peace

Finally the weight begins to cease

Heartbeat slow

Eyes wide

One step at a time

Chorus

And I have found a way

Across the canyons you left behind

Trading every memory for light

Forgiving the silence in my veins

Watching the sun rise on a map

Without your name marking the shore

I'm moving forward

Moving forward through the rain

Post-Chorus

Letting it go

Letting it go

I'm starting again