Gone But Still Here

Verse 1
Mug on the counter
Your name on the side
I still set your place
Then I ask myself why
Your sweater’s still hanging
Right there on the chair
I talk to the silence
But it feels like you’re there

Pre-Chorus
Every little echo
Hits me in the chest
I’m alone in these four walls
But I’m not convinced you left

Chorus
You’re gone
But still here
In the breath between my words
In the cracking of my voice
Every time your name is heard
You’re gone
But still here
In the space beside my bed
In the dreams I can’t let go
And the prayers inside my head
I reach through the emptiness
And somehow you feel near
You’re gone
But still here

Verse 2
I drive past the café
Where you used to wait
Swear I see your shadow
Walking by the gate
The songs on the radio
Keep saying your face
Like the whole world remembers
What time can’t erase

Pre-Chorus
Every little echo
Pulls me back again
To the way you said goodbye
Like it wasn’t quite the end

Chorus
You’re gone
But still here
In the breath between my words
In the cracking of my voice
Every time your name is heard
You’re gone
But still here
In the space beside my bed
In the dreams I can’t let go
And the prayers inside my head
I reach through the emptiness
And somehow you feel near
You’re gone
But still here

Bridge
Maybe love’s a doorway
Never really closed
Maybe every heartbeat
Is you saying “I’m close”
I look up and whisper
Hope you hear it clear
I can’t see you
Can’t hold you
But I know you’re still right here (oh)

Chorus
You’re gone
But still here
In the breath between my words
In the cracking of my voice
Every time your name is heard
You’re gone
But still here
In the space beside my bed
In the dreams I can’t let go
And the prayers inside my head
I reach through the emptiness
And somehow you feel near
You’re gone
But still here

Outro
Soft as a memory
Strong as a tear
I’m learning to lose you
And keep you right here