Careful Sentences
I saw you yesterday
For the first time since that night
I'd been looking for you
But trying not to look like I was
Our eyes met through an entryway
As the door was swinging shut
And mine might have played tricks on me
But I thought I glimpsed a sad smile
I was only ever honest
And lost you honestly
I wonder how exactly you'll remember me
In a moment you were there
And I held you in my arms
But only for a breath
Then we stepped back across
The barricade of space between
Who we were and who we are
We spoke in careful sentences
Built a verbal house of cards
And the way that we're standing
Makes it clear just where things stand
So I swallowed any words I might have said
And as you walked away
I watched your back retreating
And it seemed as if the lights
Along the hallway as you passed
Retreated one by one along with you
For the first time since that night
I'd been looking for you
But trying not to look like I was
Our eyes met through an entryway
As the door was swinging shut
And mine might have played tricks on me
But I thought I glimpsed a sad smile
I was only ever honest
And lost you honestly
I wonder how exactly you'll remember me
In a moment you were there
And I held you in my arms
But only for a breath
Then we stepped back across
The barricade of space between
Who we were and who we are
We spoke in careful sentences
Built a verbal house of cards
And the way that we're standing
Makes it clear just where things stand
So I swallowed any words I might have said
And as you walked away
I watched your back retreating
And it seemed as if the lights
Along the hallway as you passed
Retreated one by one along with you
Credits
Writer(s): Matt Lefevers
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- Not Broken, Just Fractured
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- Amnesia
- Careful Sentences
- Recede
- Endless, Towards Forever
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- The Light That Shines Into Our Graves
- Yeah, We All Make Mistakes: Old Songs, Vol. 2
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- Reach Forever Failing (Old Songs, Vol. 1)
- A Ghost In The Photograph
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