I Still Set a Place for
v4
@Harry Sullivan
I Still Set a Place for
v4
@Harry Sullivan
كلمات
[Verse 1]
Your blue mug waits beside the sink
A tea ring drying on the shelf
I turn it so the handle faces out
Then catch myself and laugh alone
[Chorus]
I still set a place for you
In the quiet of the room
Some days love is just the small things
I keep doing like you’re due
[Verse 2]
The coat you wore through April rain
Still holds a paper ticket stub
I found your note inside the pocket:
“Get the pears; the green ones, love.”
[Chorus]
I still set a place for you
In the quiet of the room
Some days love is just the small things
I keep doing like you’re due
[Bridge]
I don’t need the ache to leave
To know the good was real
I can miss you and keep living
Both are true, both are here
[Final Chorus]
I still set a place for you
Though the years keep moving through
Some days love is just the small things
And today I carried two
[Outro]
Your blue mug waits beside the sink
I leave it where it’s been
Your blue mug waits beside the sink
A tea ring drying on the shelf
I turn it so the handle faces out
Then catch myself and laugh alone
[Chorus]
I still set a place for you
In the quiet of the room
Some days love is just the small things
I keep doing like you’re due
[Verse 2]
The coat you wore through April rain
Still holds a paper ticket stub
I found your note inside the pocket:
“Get the pears; the green ones, love.”
[Chorus]
I still set a place for you
In the quiet of the room
Some days love is just the small things
I keep doing like you’re due
[Bridge]
I don’t need the ache to leave
To know the good was real
I can miss you and keep living
Both are true, both are here
[Final Chorus]
I still set a place for you
Though the years keep moving through
Some days love is just the small things
And today I carried two
[Outro]
Your blue mug waits beside the sink
I leave it where it’s been
النمط من الموسيقى
Intimate indie folk ballad, slow 6/8 sway, close-miked gentle alto vocal with natural phrasing, fingerpicked acoustic guitar and muted upright piano. Begin nearly bare; add soft cello lines and restrained brushed percussion in the second verse, build into a tender chorus with close harmonies, then strip back to guitar and a quiet final line. Warm, organic recording, clear vocal in front, understated dynamics.
