Ashes On The Table

[Verse 1]
Your plate still sits there
Cold on the table
One fork turned over
Like it gave up first

I fold your note again
The ink is fading
My hands know the paper
Better than your face

[Pre-Chorus]
I keep the door chain
For a sound you won't make
I keep your old key
Just to feel it break

[Chorus]
Ashes on the table
I still set you down
Ashes on the table
But you don't come round
I say your name slow
Like it might heal me
Ashes on the table
And that's all you leave me

[Verse 2]
The mug by the sink now
Has a hairline crack
Same as what happened
When you did not come back

Your coat in the hallway
Still holds your shape
I reach for the pocket
Find a little weight

[Pre-Chorus]
I keep the light low
Like you asked me to
But every dark room
Brings me back to you

[Chorus]
Ashes on the table
I still set you down
Ashes on the table
But you don't come round
I say your name slow
Like it might heal me
Ashes on the table
And that's all you leave me

[Bridge]
If I forgive the night
Will it give you back?
If I stop the clock
Will it learn your tracks?

The floorboards answer
With their tired sigh
Nothing in this house
Can tell me why

[Final Chorus]
Ashes on the table
I still set you down
Ashes on the table
But you don't come round
I say your name slow
Like it might heal me
Ashes on the table
And that's all you leave me

Ashes on the table
I can't let you go
Ashes on the table
That's the only home
I hold your name close
Till it cuts through me
Ashes on the table
And that's all you leave me