The story behind this song
There's a year they don't keep pictures of. For a while they ate at the same table with a canyon in between, the television left talking so the silence wouldn't show. Either of them could have packed it in that spring, and nobody would have blamed them. Instead came the counselor's couch, the long drives home, the true things finally said in the kitchen.
They bent so far they heard the crack, and found the long way back. For the couple whose quietest anniversary is the proof they made it — what they rebuilt from what was breaking holds more weight than what they had before.
Lyrics
I'm not afraid to say its name
With a canyon in between
The television talking
So the silence wasn't seen
Nobody would've blamed you
Still pouring two cups, still here
We bent so far we heard the crack
My love, we found the long way back
And what we built from what was breaking
Holds more weight than what we had
Careful, slow, and plain
Said the true things in the kitchen
Stood out in all that rain
We did the unromantic work
Still pouring two cups, still here
We bent so far we heard the crack
My love, we found the long way back
And what we built from what was breaking
Holds more weight than what we had
How we made it look so easy
We'll just smile across the table
Easy's not the word, sweetheart
Still pouring two cups, still here
We bent so far we heard the crack
My love, we found the long way back
And what we built from what was breaking
Holds more weight than what we had
That's how I know we won
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