evergreen (nov twenty-one)

What're the new colors of the walls of our old home? It's the first snow of the year in chicago And a long while now since I hit the road But you're still there at one end like a pot of gold, All shining and harder and harder to hold onto There's a silence where there should be an echo Of the words of the song that we both know So well that it burns when it leaves my throat And the sadness is a gift with an untied bow And my voicemail box is full but I let it be There's no use, no chance No chance of your calling And I did my best to leave behind what couldn't be But I believe our love earned the reshaping Into whatever we decided that it would be Cuz you were meant to be perpetually dear to me In the form of a friend Or an evergreen I believe, still, yes, you will always be I believe And I won't leave the light on or the window open But the door's unlocked, so just come on in Into the house with the room with your name on it Down the road in my heart shaped like who we've been I won't leave the light on or the window open But the door's unlocked, so please come on in N make yourself at home When you find your way back To where we left off