You left your book on the windows ill
Dog-eared page where you stopped last night
Coffee ring on the table still
Your scarf caught in the kitchen light
Tiny note on a torn receipt
"Back soon
Don't start the film"
I pace the floor in my bare
Cold feet
Time stretches
Then it spills
Für Elise
Für you
Every little theme brings me back to you
Spinning through the room in my old house shoes
I play that line
That line
Like a message getting through
Für Elise
Für you
Every crooked day
I tune it back to you
If the world falls out of time
I'll still
Find my way to you
There's one plate left in the drying rack
Red wine stain on my favorite glass
Your sweater hangs where you tossed it back
Like a laugh that hasn't passed
I hum that phrase while the kettle sings
Let it loop till the water cools
Little ghosts in the minor strings
Making peace with breaking rules
Für Elise
Für you
Every little theme brings me back to you
Spinning through the room in my old house shoes
I play that line
That line
Like a message getting through
Für Elise
Für you
Every crooked day
I tune it back to you
If the world falls out of time
I'll still
Find my way to you
Maybe we're a half-forgotten letter
Folded in a coat from another year
Still
I hear that gentle
Stubborn pattern
And it pulls you near (so near)
Für Elise
Für you
Every little theme brings me back to you
Spinning through the room in my old house shoes
I play that line
That line
Like a message getting through
Für Elise
Für you
Every crooked day
I tune it back to you
If the world falls out of time
I'll still
Find my way to you