Blood Orange at the Bottom of the Bowl

Half a blood orange

On the counter

Drying out

Coffee gone cold

Quiet dust in the sunlight

Your sweater on the chair back

Still holds your shape somehow

But your toothbrush is missing

And the spare key's on the table

We were bright like a blood orange

Sharp

Sweet

Staining my hands

Now it's all just rind and silence

And an echo in these plans

Yeah

We burned like a blood orange

Deep red

All over my tongue

Now the color's leaving slowly

Like a faded love

Like a faded love (oh)

Phone full of photos

I scroll

Then kill the screen

Your laugh in my head

But the sound feels paper-thin

I squeeze what is left

Of the fruit we couldn't save

All I taste is bitter

And the sweetness that we gave

We were bright like a blood orange

Sharp

Sweet

Staining my hands

Now it's all just rind and silence

And an echo in these plans

Yeah

We burned like a blood orange

Deep red

All over my tongue

Now the color's leaving slowly

Like a faded love

Like a faded love

Did we wait too long to eat it

Leave it in the light too long

Did we think the color

Meant we'd always be that strong

Now I'm peeling back the pieces

Finding little sparks of us

But every slice I taste tonight

Just confirms what I already trust

We were bright like a blood orange

Sharp

Sweet

Staining my hands

Now it's all just rind and silence

And an echo in these plans

Yeah

We burned like a blood orange

Deep red