Your Blue Cup

[Verse 1]
Your blue cup’s still beside the sink
I leave it there more days than not
The house keeps asking where you went
In little ways I can’t ignore

I thought I had more time to learn
What made you feel at home with me
You gave me all your honest words
I heard them late, or incompletely

[Pre-Chorus]
I can name the times I should have stayed
And listened past my own defense
Now every small thing carries weight
Of what I didn’t understand

[Chorus]
I lost my girl, I lost my closest friend
The one who knew the parts I couldn’t mend
I wish I’d made this softer for your heart
Been there more, and let you see that from the start
I can’t ask you to come back again
But I’ll miss you past the bitter end

[Verse 2]
You knew my laugh before it came
Could read my face across a room
I took that kind of knowing for granted
Like it would always leave us room

I wanted you to feel cherished
Not like love was yours to earn
If I could give you one thing now
It’d be the care I learned too late to show

[Pre-Chorus]
No perfect words can change the past
No promise turns the clock around
I hope the days are kind to you
Wherever you have settled down

[Chorus]
I lost my girl, I lost my closest friend
The one who knew the parts I couldn’t mend
I wish I’d made this softer for your heart
Been there more, and let you see that from the start
I can’t ask you to come back again
But I’ll miss you past the bitter end

[Bridge]
If you remember me, I hope it isn’t
Only all the ways I let you down
You made an ordinary Tuesday
Feel like somewhere I belonged
I’m learning how to hold the truth
Without asking you to carry it

[Final Chorus]
I lost my girl, I lost my closest friend
The one I thought I’d always have beside me then
I wish I’d made this gentler from the start
Given more of what you gave with all your heart
I won’t turn your leaving into blame
I’ll be grateful that you came

[Outro]
Your blue cup’s still beside the sink
I’ll put it away when I can