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Matthew LeFevers - Traces

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They moved the walls while I was sleeping
I don't recognize this place
There are things that I remember
Reasons to go, reasons to stay

When these hands are cold and empty
What will be left of the things they've made?
Of all the uses they were put to
Which ones will matter? Which ones remain?

Closer
The words are not enough
I want to leave
Fingerprints across your days
Whеn time
Has wiped the chalkboard clеan
I want to leave
The kind of traces that remain

I’ve loved you almost since I met you
There was never any doubt
Your voice has lived inside my rib cage
For twenty years and counting now

I'll bring you coffee in the mornings
I'll mend the drywall, touch up the paint
Love you the best that I am able
What I can offer is yours to take
Closer
The words are not enough
I want to leave
Fingerprints across your days
When time
Has wiped the chalkboard clean
I want to leave
The kind of traces that remain

The quiet ones don't get remembered
I've tried to lay that dream to rest
The histories will roll on past us
While we are sleeping in our bed

Closer
The words are not enough
I want to leave
Fingerprints across your days
When time
Has wiped the chalkboard clean
I want to leave
The kind of traces that remain
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