The Things I Took for Granted

You always left the light on dim

And folded sheets right at the rim

I used to smile and roll my eyes

Now all I do is realize

The smallest things I let slip past

Are now the ones that seem to last

The things I took for granted stay

Like how you hummed through rainy days

I never knew I'd miss them so

Until I watched you let me go

You used to pour my coffee first

And read the news with morning thirst

I never said I noticed then

But now I live them all again

The sound of keys, your steady tone

Now echo when I'm all alone

The things I took for granted stay

Like how you hummed through rainy days

I never knew I'd miss them so

Until I watched you let me go

You never needed grand design

Just quiet ways to show you're mine

And now that all those things are gone

It's how I know you've lingered on

The things I took for granted live

In all the love I failed to give

I'd trade a thousand empty skies

To hear you breathe one more goodbye

Now every habit speaks of you-

The quiet love I never knew