The Pain Is Proof

The pain is proof
That love was real

The coffee cup is sitting where you left it
The silence in this house is loud and unexpected
I keep waiting for the key to turn the lock
But the only thing that's moving is the clock
Your jacket's on the chair like it still knows your shape
I pass it every morning and I almost say your name
Grief is not a thunderstorm that comes and disappears
It's a quiet little room that follows me for years

They say lightning never strikes
The same place twice
But I keep standing here
In the same light

The pain is proof (the pain is proof)
That love was real
I'd love you again
Anyway

Anyway (anyway)
I'd love you again anyway
Anyway (anyway)
The pain is proof

I found a note you wrote me in a book we never read
Four little words in blue ink, don't forget this
I sat down on the hallway floor and laughed until I cried
'Cause even your handwriting knows how to survive
People say move on like it's a road I haven't tried
But every road I take circles back to your side
I'm not holding on because I can't let go
I'm keeping what you gave me so the house won't go cold

The pain is proof (the pain is proof)
That love was real
I'd love you again
Anyway

I put the note inside my wallet
Next to the photo from the fair
If heaven has a window
You can see it there

The pain is proof (the pain is proof)
That you were here
I'd love you again
Anyway

Don't forget this
I won't