Mm

Chairs still out back, one leaned in the fence
One got your name carved halfway in
Coffee ring ghosts on a splintered rail
Like we meant to talk, just ran outta days
I still park crooked, same as before
Habit don’t leave when the people do, no
Wind move slow through the screen door crack
Like it’s checking if you coming back

Ain’t no fight left in the quiet
Just what stayed when we didn’t

Chairs still out back
Like the night ain’t done
Like I didn’t learn how to sit with one
I don’t beg the past
I don’t chase that track
But I didn’t throw it away
Chairs still out back

Your jacket still smells like cedar and rain
I never moved it, never complained
There’s peace in knowing what won’t be fixed
There’s weight in every almost-kiss
I don’t replay it like a crime
Just let it pass like county line
Some things don’t hurt, they just stay
Like words we chose not to say

Chairs still out back
In the half-lit dark
Like I never shut down that part
I don’t live there now
But I know that fact
I didn’t burn it down
Chairs still out back

If you came by tonight
I’d know what to say
But knowing ain’t the same
As wanting you to stay

Chairs still out back
Yeah, they’re holding their place
Not a promise, not a mistake
I don’t need you back
I don’t live like that
Just a truth I don’t hide
Chairs still out back