From the recording Pet Loss & Love That Remains
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I told your picture “good morning”
while I started up the brew.
Said “the mailman’s here again,”
just like I always do.
I asked you how you slept,
then answered for you too--
“Dreams were good, you chased a squirrel,”
the kind of line we knew.
[Pre-Chorus]
I know this room is empty,
but habit pulls me through.
[Chorus]
And I still talk to you
when no one else is home.
It makes the quiet smaller,
I feel less on my own.
Maybe I look crazy
talking to the air,
but the truest part of grieving
is acting like you’re there.
And I still talk to you.
[Verse 2]
I tell you what I’m wearing,
ask if the blue coat works.
Complain about the traffic,
laugh at my little quirks.
I read the grocery list out,
say “we forgot the fruit.”
I set the thermostat and ask
if sixty-eight still suits.
[Pre-Chorus]
I leave a space in sentences
waiting for your sound.
[Chorus]
And I still talk to you
when no one else is home.
It makes the quiet smaller,
I feel less on my own.
Maybe I look crazy
talking to the air,
but the honest way I miss you
is speaking like you’re there.
And I still talk to you.
[Bridge]
Friends say time is working;
maybe that’s half true--
I speak a little softer,
but I still speak to you.
[Chorus]
And I still talk to you
as if you’re in the room.
It keeps the doors from echoing,
it keeps away the gloom.
If love keeps its appointments,
mine’s daily, clear, and true--
Good morning, good night, I’m home now.
I still talk to you.