These Things

She left me on a Tuesday It was raining at the time Ain't it strange how this trivia Stays imprinted on your mind She wore the dress I bought her It got caught up in the door Her dramatic exit floundered It was hard enough to ignore It's these things that I remember clear as day We tried and failed We travelled light and lost our way It's these things She was always going to leave me It's a curse to be so sure I wasn't looking for an answer I wasn't looking for a cure I am older now not wiser With a collection of past mistakes My future-self was defined by Headaches and heartbreaks It's these things That I remember clear as day We tried and failed We travelled light and lost our way It's these things What doesn't kill you makes you stronger It's such a simple thing to define If I knew then what's now so much clearer How on earth could I have been so blind? It's these things that I remember clear as day We tried and failed We travelled light and lost our way It's these things that I remember clear as day We tried and failed We travelled light and lost our way That ship has sailed Out across the bay It's these things I remember