Carry Your Name (Gentle Piano)

[Intro] (soft piano, distant strings) [Verse 1] I keep your recipe tucked in the drawer Your handwriting curling the way it did before I hum the old tune that you'd sing in the car And somehow it tells me right where you are The world kept on moving the morning you went But I'm learning to hold what your being here meant [Pre-Chorus] I won't let the silence Be all that remains [Chorus] I'll carry your name Like a lantern in the rain In the way that I laugh, in the kindness I show In the garden you planted that still wants to grow And when people ask me how love can remain I'll tell them your story, I'll carry your name [Verse 2] Some days it's heavy, some days it's light Some days I talk to you late in the night I tell you the small things, the news and the weather The way that you'd listen and stitch me together I'm keeping the good bits, the jokes and the grace And I see a bit of you in my own face [Pre-Chorus] I won't let the silence Be all that remains [Chorus] I'll carry your name Like a lantern in the rain In the way that I laugh, in the kindness I show In the garden you planted that still wants to grow And when people ask me how love can remain I'll tell them your story, I'll carry your name [Bridge] Grief is just love with nowhere to go So I'll give it somewhere, I'll let it show In a hand held out, in a meal shared slow That's where you'll be, that's where you'll go [Final Chorus] I'll carry your name Through the sunshine and the rain It's not a goodbye, it's a thank you instead For every warm word and each thing that you said And the love that you gave me will always remain I'm living your story, I'll carry your name [Outro] (piano and strings fade) I'll carry your name Always