LYRIC FOR SALE

By Iwasnearlythere

FEMALE ONLY
I'm sitting here, same kitchen light buzzing
That old chair creaks when I move it back
Kieran, I still say your name sometimes
Like you're gonna answer from the hall
Your old shoes are still in that cupboard
And I still can't bring myself to throw them out.

Verse 1 — MALE ONLY
I know you do.
I know that chair still catches your coat.
And those shoes?
You always hated throwing things away.
You'd tell me I'm laughing at you now,

MALE
But I remember.

Pre-Chorus — FEMALE ONLY
It's been thirty years, Kieran.
Thirty years.
And somehow I still talk to you.

MALE ONLY
Then talk to me.
You don't have to stop.

Chorus

FEMALE
Kieran, OOOOHHHH Kieran, I still love you.

MALE
I know, I know, I'm listening.

FEMALE
I still look for you without
thinking.

MALE
You don't have to be ashamed of that.

FEMALE
Thirty years gone, and I can't let go.

MALE
You don't have to forget me to carry on.

BOTH
Kieran... Kieran...
Thirty years gone,
And somehow we're still talking.

Verse 2 — FEMALE

I found your sketchbook last Tuesday
Behind some boxes in the spare room.
There was that stupid drawing of the house
And your handwriting underneath it.
I sat on the floor for nearly an hour
Just holding that book against my knees.

MALE VOCAL
You kept that too?
I thought you'd binned it years ago.
That drawing was rubbish.
You told me that yourself.
And you laughed so hard

MALE
You nearly spilled your tea.

FEMALE
I remember.

MALE
So do I.

Chorus

FEMALE
Kieran, OOOHHH Kieran, I still love you

MALE
I know, I know, I'm listening.

FEMALE
I still turn around when I hear your name.

MALE VOCAL
That's alright. You loved me then.

FEMALE VOCAL
Thirty years gone, and I can't let go.

MALE VOCAL
You don't have to let go all at once.

BOTH
Kieran... OOOOHHHH Kieran...
Thirty years gone,
And I'm still here in the things you kept.

Bridge

FEMALE
I wish I'd had one more morning.


MALE
You had more than you think.

FEMALE
One more cup of coffee.

MALE
You always made it too strong.

FEMALE
One more stupid argument.

MALE
You would've won that one too.

FEMALE
One more chance to say I loved you.

MALE
You said it.

FEMALE
Did I say it enough?

MALE
You said it.

Final Chorus

FEMALE
Kieran, OOOOHHHH Kieran, I still love you.

MALE
I know, I know, I'm listening.

FEMALE
Thirty years gone, and you're still part of me.

MALE
Then let me be. Don't punish yourself.

FEMALE
I don't know how to leave you behind.

MALE
You don't have to leave me anywhere.

BOTH

Kieran... OOOOHHHH Kieran...

I loved you then.

I love you now.

Thirty years gone...

And we're still talking.

Outro

FEMALE
The kitchen light is still buzzing.
That chair is still by the table.
Your shoes are still in the cupboard.
And for tonight...
I think I'll leave them there.

MALE
Yeah.

MALE
Leave them there.

FEMALE
Goodnight, Kieran.

MALE
Goodnight.

MALE VOCAL
I love you

FEMALE VOCAL
I love you more

FEMALE
Kieran, OOOOHHHH Kieran, I never was good at lettin' go,
The world moved on, yet, here I stand still,
Loving what's left of a whisper, a shadow,
Three decades on, companion, best friend — just a ghost I love.