Ghosts I Couldn't Keep

[Verse 1]
Old names gather at the gate
Like moths around a porch light
Some I held and let go late
Some never crossed into my life

[Pre-Chorus]
You were almost, you were then
You were letters never sent
I can hear you call me back
But the road runs past the bend

[Chorus]
Goodbye, goodbye, ghosts I couldn’t keep
I’m done asking shadows not to leave
All the love I lost, the love that never grew
I lay it down and let the morning through
Goodbye, goodbye—I’m walking on
I can be the place I’m coming home to

[Verse 2]
Empty chairs still know your shape
A whole life lived in maybe
I won’t make a shrine of what escaped
Or blame the child I used to be

[Bridge]
Let the locked doors stay behind me
Let the almosts lose their names
There is kindness here to find me
There is one heart I can save

[Final Chorus]
Goodbye, goodbye, ghosts I couldn’t keep
I’m done asking shadows not to leave
All the love I lost, the love that never grew
I lay it down and let the morning through
Goodbye, goodbye—I’m walking on
I can be the place I’m coming home to