Some Things Just Stop

Lyrics

One by one That's how it goes

It's not one giant thing that leaves It's little pieces, week by week The easy sleep, the painless bend The steady hand, the quick recall The way a room once turned my way The way tomorrow felt secure Nothing gone enough to mourn out loud Still less than there was before

I started making lists I never meant to write Not on paper, just at night What got thinner, what got hard What still works, what takes too long I keep adding to it quietly Whether I want to or not Some things leave all at once Some things just stop

Confidence was never perfect But it used to come when called Now it waits out in the hallway Like it doesn't live here now There are mirrors I pass quickly There are stairs I think about There are mornings where my first thought is What hurts now, and how much now

I started making lists I never meant to write Not on paper, just at night What got thinner, what got hard What still works, what takes too long I keep adding to it quietly Whether I want to or not Some things leave all at once Some things just stop

I'm not asking for my twenties I'm not begging to go back I'm just standing in the count of things Trying not to lose the facts

I started making lists I never meant to write Not on paper, just at night What got thinner, what got hard What still works, what takes too long I keep adding to it quietly Whether I want to or not Some things leave all at once Some things just stop

No It's not the same