EMOTIONAL · COUNTRY BALLAD
The Last Box
For the home we made together
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Why this song was made
A couple pack up their first home after twenty years. Their song marks the sadness of leaving familiar rooms and the hope of starting a smaller chapter together.
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[Verse 1]
There's a mark behind the fridge from when we moved it in,
And pencil lines beside the door where growing years begin.
The wallpaper remembers all the colours we got wrong,
I never thought a quiet room could hold so much of a song.
[Chorus]
Last box in the car; one more look around,
We lived an enormous life upon this patch of ground.
I'll miss these windows, but I know what we take through,
Every home we made began with me and you.
[Verse 2]
You found our first electric bill inside a kitchen drawer,
The sums we did in pencil when we couldn't spend much more.
We danced across this lino when the news at last was good,
And stood here holding one another when no other answer would.
[Bridge]
The next place has a garden where the afternoon comes in,
We'll learn which stair is noisy and where all the cups should live.
Before we pull the old door shut, just stand here for a while,
Let the tears arrive with every memory that makes us smile.
[Chorus]
Last box in the car; one more look around,
We lived an enormous life upon this patch of ground.
I'll miss these windows, but I know what we take through,
Every home we made began with me and you.