If I Erase You

Your winter coat is hanging by the door
I haven't had the nerve to move it anymore
There's a scuff mark from your boot upon the wood
I stare at it much longer than I should
I make two cups of coffee by mistake
Pour the second down the sink and watch it break

I could pack it in a box
I could tape it up tight
But if I erase you
I'm erasing me tonight
So the coat stays by the door
And the room keeps your shape
If I erase you
There's nothing left to save

The dust is settling on your side of the bed
I sleep right on the edge, still keeping the line you left
I found a charging cable that you left behind
It feels like a wire still hooked into my mind
I try the radio to drown it out
But every singer's screaming what I can't say out loud

I could pack it in a box
I could tape it up tight
But if I erase you
I'm erasing me tonight
So the coat stays by the door
And the room keeps your shape
If I erase you
There's nothing left to save

There's nothing left to save

If I erase you, I erase myself

But if I erase you
If I erase you

So I keep the small things
I keep the hurt things
I keep the shape of us
Right where it fell

I could pack it in a box
I could tape it up tight
But if I erase you
I'm erasing me tonight
So the coat stays by the door
And the room keeps your shape
If I erase you
There's nothing left to save

Your coat is by the door
I'll leave it there