Let It Stand AFTER YESTERDAY

Paper houses – built on the shore
Waves keep coming – taking more
Folded promises – creased and torn
Love was a castle made of storm

I trace the lines along your palm
You used to hold me – now you're calm
Half-written, half-erased – I still feel your weight on the page

Rain keeps falling on the other side of the street
Where we built our homes and never felt the heat
Never felt the heat – never felt the heat
Counting walls that crumble at my feet
Quiet kind of sinking – forget the concrete

Paper lanterns flickering like a heart that couldn't stay
I held you there – bright and close – now the light's away

You said don't stay
I know. I know. I know

Rain keeps falling – falling –
Never felt the heat –
Counting walls – counting walls –
Quiet sinking feet

I left the window open in the hallway
Another spring came quietly
No one could tell me where you'd gone
You folded like a paper house beneath the rain

Rain keeps falling on the other side of the street
Where we built our homes and never felt the heat
Counting walls that crumble at my feet
Quiet kind of sinking – forget the concrete

I still wear your ring
It doesn't even fit my hand
This was the last house
I let it stand