We Were Kind at the End

Lyrics

We sat across the table, two cups gone cold
Saying all the gentle things we'd never said out loud
No slammed doors, no rising voices
Just the clock above the stove
And the truth we'd both been carrying for a while

You said it first, and I was grateful
That I didn't have to be the one

We were kind at the end, we were kind at the end
Two good hearts who were never quite the same song
It hurts like a window opened in winter
But the air is clean, and I was wrong to hold on
We were kind at the end

I folded up your sweater, you returned my spare key
We laughed about the plant that somehow never died
And the street lamp by the doorway
Lit your coat as you walked down
And I let you go without a single plea

It was right, and still it aches
Both of these can hold the same room

We were kind at the end, we were kind at the end
Two good hearts who were never quite the same song
It hurts like a window opened in winter
But the air is clean, and I was wrong to hold on
We were kind at the end

Some loves are a harbour, some are a bridge
You crossed over, and I stayed on the shore
Neither of us drowned
Neither of us stayed
And the morning came gently anyway

We were kind at the end, we were kind at the end
Two good hearts who found a different song
The window is open, the light comes in softly
And I breathe, and I breathe, and I am strong
We were kind at the end

We were kind
At the end