Weather Report 23

Verse

Your thumb on the radio dial, skipping stations fast

Static where your name was supposed to last

I caught you smiling at a billboard in May

Four whole seconds of blue between us this way

Paper cup melting with one more hour to go

Saying goodbye like it's something we know

You're carrying all my stuff down the stairs while I'm still inside

The door clicks shut but the room stays warm and wide

Pre-Chorus

Is this how we do this, soft then gone

Leaving before the streetlights turn on

Do we pack up the feeling or just leave it behind

Or is it supposed to be hard every time

Chorus

This is how we let each other go

Soft like a storm that we know

Goodbye is a warm front moving through

So we keep our hands up, look at you

I'll carry this feeling like it's weather

Nothing left but gold and static

We said goodbye soft so the ending wouldn't hurt as much

Underneath all the sadness there's still some love

Verse

Your suitcase wheel jammed on the curb, I helped you laugh it out

Two whole blocks of sidewalk before we looked back or doubted

I kept the ticket stub from that one movie night

Folded up and hidden in my coat pocket tonight

The city lights are turning purple then blue

Same old skyline but I don't feel blue about you

Pre-Chorus

Is this how we do this, soft then gone

Leaving before the streetlights turn on

Do we pack up the feeling or just leave it behind

Or is it supposed to be hard every time

Chorus

This is how we let each other go

Soft like a storm that we know

Goodbye is a warm front moving through

So we keep our hands up, look at you

I'll carry this feeling like it's weather

Nothing left but gold and static

We said goodbye soft so the ending wouldn't hurt as much

Underneath all the sadness there's still some love

Bridge

Maybe I'm just learning how to leave without losing the whole sky

That the ache comes first but the beauty survives

I won't cry tonight, not out loud, not now

This is practice for the ones that matter somehow

Chorus

This is how we let each other go

Soft like a storm that we know

Goodbye is a warm front moving through

So we keep our hands up, look at you

I'll carry this feeling like it's weather

Nothing left but gold and static

We said goodbye soft so the ending wouldn't hurt as much

Underneath all the sadness there's still some love