Your shoes are waiting by the door
Still pointing toward the hall
There’s one more plate upon the table
Though no one comes at all
Your picture hasn’t changed a bit
But I grow older every year
Sometimes I forget you’re gone
And call your name as if you’re near
They say that time will heal the heart
But time has only taught me how
To hide the breaking parts
God I miss you
More than words could ever say
I leave the hallway light on
Like you might still come home someday
God I miss you
I would give anything to hear
You softly say my name again
Just once as if you’re here
Even if it lasts a second
Even if it takes a lifetime
I would cross the dark between us
Just to see your eyes meet mine
Your coat still carries something warm
A trace the years could not erase
And all the things I never said
Still gather in this empty place
I’ve walked beneath a thousand skies
And watched the evening colors burn
Whenever wind moves past my shoulder
For one moment I think you’ve returned
They say the ones we love move on
But maybe love does not disappear
It only changes form
God I miss you
I would live that day again
I’d hold you just a little longer
I’d never let the silence win
God I miss you
Till the tears have lost their sound
But I know you would not want me
To keep my whole life underground
So I’ll watch the spring arrive for you
I’ll keep the flowers by the glass
I’ll love this broken beautiful world
And carry forward what you passed
I’ll take the roads you never saw
I’ll stay when life is hard to stand
And when my own hair turns to silver
I’ll tell you everything I can
Maybe you’ll be waiting
Somewhere past the end of blue
Smiling in the quiet light
Saying “I was here with you”
I still miss you
But I’m not afraid of morning now
Every breath inside my body
Carries something you allowed
I will keep on living
With your courage in my veins
Every kindness that you gave me
Still survives beyond the pain
Maybe goodbye is not forgetting
Maybe love is what remains
You became the strength within me
And the light that knows my name
So I’ll walk until my road is done
Through the joy and through the rain
And when the long years finally end
I know we’ll meet again
