A Melancholic Memory

by JV
Your jacket still hangs on my chair Same one you grabbed that night in the rain Half-drunk Coke can on the stair I can't throw it out it keeps the stain And I trace the crack on my phone screen You slammed the door I let it ring Funny how the mess remains Long after you took everything
Small things cut deep They don't let me sleep
I still hold the ache of you Like a song I can't undo Every room still smells like us Even when I air it out it's not enough I still taste the words you said Tangled up inside my head Time moves on but I stay still Guess a part of me never will
Found your old key by the sink Chipped blue paint I almost blink Used to let yourself inside Now it's just a thing I hide And the clock still blinks the same wrong number Since the night we broke the summer I could fix it but I don't Some things heal and some things won't
Small things cut deep They don't let me sleep
I still hold the ache of you Like a song I can't undo Every room still smells like us Even when I air it out it's not enough I still taste the words you said Tangled up inside my head Time moves on but I stay still Guess a part of me never will
If I called would you still know my voice From all the noise from all the boys Do you keep a drawer I can't see With some old torn part of me Or did you toss it out like I was nothing Did you toss it out
I still hold the ache of you Like a song I can't undo Every room still smells like us Even when I air it out it's not enough I still taste the words you said Tangled up inside my head Time moves on but I stay still Guess a part of me never will
Your jacket still on my chair I leave it there I leave it there