Better Without the Weight of You

Lyrics

I packed the boxes Monday, I was done by half past three
Found the key you left behind and set it down so gently
The flat is full of morning and the windows are all wide
There's a lightness in my footsteps and I'm not afraid to say I tried

And the staircase knows the answer
Every step is one more yes

I am better without the weight of you
Not because you were wrong, but because we weren't true
I can hear my own voice in the empty room
And it's rising like a sunrise, like a bloom
Oh, I am lighter, I am steady, I am new
Better without the weight of you

I walked along the river with my shoulders in the sun
Bought myself a bunch of flowers, said, you're allowed to be someone
Not a half of something fading, not a question or a plea
Just a woman with a future that's returning home to me

And the staircase knows the answer
Every step is one more yes

I am better without the weight of you
Not because you were wrong, but because we weren't true
I can hear my own voice in the empty room
And it's rising like a sunrise, like a bloom
Oh, I am lighter, I am steady, I am new
Better without the weight of you

No villain here, no victory
Just two roads in the rain
And I chose the one that leads to me
I would choose it all again

I am better without the weight of you
Not because you were wrong, but because we weren't true
I can hear my own voice in the empty room
And it's rising like a sunrise, like a bloom
Oh, I am lighter, I am steady, I am new
Better without the weight of you

Lighter, steady, new