i�ve counted the days
since we parted ways
and the memories get vague
but I don�t let
them go

i smoothed out the sheets
used to house your silhouette
used to hold your body heat
since the day that we met

and you know 
this isn�t entirely for show
this insistence
the resistance
to nostalgic replay
if i knew just how 
what i think I know now
it wouldn�t change that i�m alone here today

i�ve counted the days
since we parted ways
and the memories get vague
but I don�t let
them go

i spared all the knick-knacks you left
totems collecting the dust
bric-a-brac now all bereft
of the memories formed from our lust

embracing the furniture
that you chose to abandon
with the scars i am sure
that i had a hand in

i�ve counted the days
since we parted ways
and I don�t want to let go
but I must