Keys on the Counter, Empty Rooms Ring

Lyrics

Final day in the house where I learned how to walk
Echo off the walls when I start to talk
Kitchen table gone, but I still see the stain
Where I wrote my first bars, little kid, big pain

Mama signed the papers, Pops shook the new man's hand
Smiled like he was fine, I know he don't understand
How a place gets in you, how a hallway gets in your blood
Every creak in the stairs is a piece of the love

Keys on the counter, empty rooms ring
Memory in the corners where the old days cling
Keys on the counter, I walk out strong
Took the house in my chest, so it's coming along

Garage door sticker, my height on the frame
Backyard fence where I carved my name
Summer cookouts, uncle on the grill
Snow day sledding down the whole back hill

Every birthday candle, every Christmas light
Every fight and apology late at night
Now the movers pull away and the street gets quiet
But I hear the whole block in my pulse, can't deny it

Keys on the counter, empty rooms ring
Memory in the corners where the old days cling
Keys on the counter, I walk out strong
Took the house in my chest, so it's coming along

Pops locks the door one last time
Hand on the wood, takes a breath, takes his time
Says home was never the walls, son, it's the people
Then he hands me the key like it's something more regal

Drive away slow, rear-view in my eyes
Little porch light waving a goodbye
New place, new streets, new beats to write
But I carry the old one into every night

Keys on the counter, empty rooms ring
Memory in the corners where the old days cling
Keys on the counter, I walk out strong
Took the house in my chest, so it's coming along

Keys on the counter
Walk out strong