Coffee gone cold on the counter
Your name on a note by the sink
You wrote
I'm just going for a while
But my heart heard something else
I think

Stacked up plates
Midnight dishes
Argued over nothing
Then the rent
I laughed it off
Said it was fine
But every joke felt heavier than it was meant

Leave the kitchen light on
So you can find your way
If you ever get tired
Of learning how to stay away
I'll be here in the doorway
One sock on
Eyes red
Leave the kitchen light on
Like you never really left

Your sweater still hangs by the front door
Sleeve caught on that broken nail
I touch it when I'm passing by
Like a prayer that never quite exhales

I told my friends that I'm better
Said I finally learned to sleep alone
Then I count the tiles on the ceiling
Just to hear your footsteps coming home

Leave the kitchen light on
So you can find your way
If you ever get tired
Of learning how to stay away
I'll be here in the doorway
Breathing in what you forget
Leave the kitchen light on
Like you never really left

Maybe you needed the silence
Maybe I needed the fall (mmm)
Maybe we're both just pretending
We don't miss anything at all (oh)

Leave the kitchen light on
I'll pay the power bill
If you're out there drifting
I'm the house that's waiting still
I'll be here in the doorway
Half a heart
Half a breath
Leave the kitchen light on
Like you never really left