You left the cup by the sink
Still warm from the last goodbye
The hallway kept your coat
But not the shape of your lie
I read the room by the floor
One shoe by the door was enough
Your silence hit like rain
Hard on the rusted stuff
And I keep reaching
For a softer end
But every window
Shows me where we’ve been
Cold reality
Cold reality
Say it straight to me
Cold reality
No sweet disguise
No borrowed light
Cold reality
Broke me clean tonight
The clock above the stove
Tried to keep its little peace
I watched the steam fade out
From the mug you forgot to leave
Your name on my mouth got thin
Like paper in the wash
I held it till it tore
And still I took the loss
And I keep reaching
For a softer end
But every mirror
Brings you back again
Cold reality
Cold reality
Say it straight to me
Cold reality
No sweet disguise
No borrowed light
Cold reality
Broke me clean tonight
I wanted a crack in the wall
A sign you’d turn around
But truth walked in bare feet
And sat me on the ground
Cold reality
Cold reality
Say it straight to me
Cold reality
No sweet disguise
No borrowed light
Cold reality
Broke me clean tonight
