You Being Mine

We used to share the small things
Like the weather on our street
Now the days go by in silence
With no messages to read

I still picture you and night
Sitting with your cup of tea
Not because I wanna go back
Just a fading memory

I'm not asking for the past
To reappear
But I miss the way
We used to feel near

There are echoes in the quiet
Where your laughter used to live
Not a fight, not a promise
Just the emptiness that sticks

We're not strangers
We're not us
And I'm learning to admit
There are echoes in the quiet
And I don't know what to do with it

I walk by familiar places
They still spell your name in lights
But the letters feel much softer
Than they did on those old nights

I don't carry any questions
That would make you close the door
Just a wondering if you ever
Trace my shadow like before

I'm not wishing for a second chance to try
But I miss the ease of you being mine

There are echoes in the quiet
We're all left to used to live
Not a fight not a promise
Just the emptiness that sticks
We're not strangers, but we're not us
And I'm learning to admit
There are echoes in our quiet
And I don't know what to do with it

Maybe loving doesn't end
It just changes how it speaks
Yours is now a softer whisper
Only heard on certain weeks

There are echoes in our quiet
And they call me now and then
Not to pull me back toward you
But remind me where I've been, we're not strangers
Only distanced in a way we can't rewrite
There are echoes in our quiet
As we move into new lives