Empty Cups - Amanda Shires

[00:11.544]You were looking away towards the trees
[00:15.542]There was a time you used to listen closer to me
[00:20.794]As close as the air is to the sea
[00:26.043]So close I could feel you breathe
[00:31.049]How we got here I’d say quietly
[00:35.795]As quietly as those same trees grew to shade
[00:41.299]One day at a time and further away
[00:45.799]Further and further away
[00:51.307]Now my hands are two empty cups
[00:55.797]Maybe I was asking for a little too much
[01:01.048]To keep the newness from wearing off
[01:06.294]For every start there’s gonna be a stop
[01:11.799]You’re leaving now through the hole of an argument
[01:16.290]I guess for awhile you’ve been looking for the exit
[01:21.304]You slammed the door so hard I still hear rattling spoons
[01:24.549]The sound of silence rings in every room
[01:31.553]That last talk left me a makeup rainbow of tears
[01:36.549]Turned everything blurry I can’t see a thing from here
[01:41.545]I tried so hard to make myself clear
[01:46.296]Life can’t help but interfere
[01:51.793]You used to lean in like I was whispering
[01:56.797]I need excuse to get near again
[02:02.054]I still miss the way you lean in
[02:06.812]What happened between now and then?
[02:12.297]And my hands are two empty cups
[02:16.790]Maybe I was asking for a little too much
[02:22.044]To keep the newness from wearing off
[02:27.045]For every start there’s gonna be a stop
[02:45.305]I was always a sucker for your wrist at my cheek
[02:49.796]There was a time when I was your everything
[02:54.800]And I tried so hard to make myself clear
[02:59.804]Some how life interfered
[03:04.803]And my hands are two empty cups
[03:10.055]Maybe I was asking for a little too much
[03:15.043]To keep the newness from wearing off
[03:20.043]For every start there’s gonna be a stop
[03:25.052]My hands are two empty cups
[03:30.044]Maybe I was asking for a little too much
[03:35.297]To keep the newness from wearing off
[03:40.302]For every start there’s gonna be a stop