Let it Go

[Intro] [Verse] The dust has settled on the porch where I once waited The rusted swing stops creaking in the evening chill I burned the maps to places that we never visited And let the garden swallow up the windowsill [Verse] There is a hollow in the mattress where your shadow lay A heavy silence that I used to mistake for peace I finally opened all the shutters to the gray And felt the tightening around my throat release [Chorus] I am letting the river take the stones I carried I am watching the smoke dissolve into the blue The ghosts of yesterday are finally buried And I am no longer defined by the loss of you [Verse] The photographs have faded in their silver frames The ink is blurring on the letters in the drawer I have forgotten how to speak our private names I do not pace the hallway floorboards anymore [Verse] It is not a victory or a sudden light Just a quiet shifting of the internal tides A gradual surrender to the coming night Where nothing lingers and nothing hides [Chorus] I am letting the river take the stones I carried I am watching the smoke dissolve into the blue The ghosts of yesterday are finally buried And I am no longer defined by the loss of you [Bridge] The clock keeps ticking but the hands feel light The air is cold but I can breathe again I stepped out from the center of the fight And made a truce with every scar and stain [Chorus] I am letting the river take the stones I carried I am watching the smoke dissolve into the blue The ghosts of yesterday are finally buried And I am no longer defined by the loss of you [Chorus] I am letting the river take the stones I carried I am watching the smoke dissolve into the blue The ghosts of yesterday are finally buried And I am no longer defined by the loss of you [Outro]