Forgotten Jacket Blues

Yeah

Just sitting on the shelf,

man

Watching the dust settle

I've been hanging on the back of your bedroom door

Since the night you said you couldn't take it anymore

Denim sleeves heavy with the scent of his cologne Now I'm just

a fabric relic in a quiet home You pass me by like

I'm a ghost in the hallway Staring at the space where we

used to laugh and play

He forgot me, or maybe he just left me here

To remind you of the winter and the fading year

I'm the left-behind thread of a love we used to hold Keeping

watch in the corner as the room grows cold

(so cold)

Yeah, he walked away but he left a part of us Just

a faded blue jacket gathering the dust

Sometimes you reach your hand out to touch my sleeve For a

second I believe that you're about to grieve But you pull back

quick like my touch is too intense Leaving both of us stranded

in the past tense I'm just a physical memory you can't erase

Hanging like a shadow in your personal space Should I hope he

comes back to reclaim his old wear Or just accept I'm a

monument to welfare

I'm the left-behind thread of a love we used to hold

Keeping watch in the corner as the room grows cold (so cold)

Yeah, he walked away but he left a part of us Just

a faded blue jacket gathering the dust

Just a faded blue jacket (hanging on the door)

Gathering the dust

(we don't talk no more)