Empty Cups

You were looking away towards the trees

There was a time you used to listen closer to me

As close as the air is to the sea

So close I could feel you breathe

How we got here? I'd say quietly

As quietly as those same trees grew to shade

One day at a time and further away

Further and further, further away

Now my hands are two empty cups

Maybe I was asking for a little too much

To keep the newness from wearing off

For every start there's gonna be a stop

You're leaving now through the hole of an argument

I guess for a while you've been looking for the exit

You slammed the door so hard I still hear rattling spoons

The sound of silence rings in every room

That last talk left me a makeup rainbow of tears

Turned everything blurry, I can't see a thing from here

I tried so hard to make myself clear

Life can't help but interfere

You used to lean in like I was whispering

Any excuse to get near again

I still miss the way you lean in

What happened between now and then?

And my hands are two empty cups

Maybe I was asking for a little too much

To keep the newness from wearing off

For every start there's gonna be a stop

I was always a sucker for your wrist at my cheek

There was a time when I was your everything

And I tried so hard to make myself clear

Somehow life interfered

And my hands are two empty cups

Maybe I was asking for a little too much

To keep the newness from wearing off

For every start there's gonna be a stop

My hands are two empty cups

Maybe I was asking for a little too much

To keep the newness from wearing off

For every start there's gonna be a stop