Track Insight / Lyrics
Your coffee ring marks the corner in white
A teaspoon of June in the edge of my sight
I smooth down the flap with my thumb at night
And whisper your name through the dust in its frame
I found it beside a receipt from Reno
Your winter coat hanging like a worn fresco
The date in your hand says a long Sunday
But the miles in my chest keep the pages at bay
You laughed with your sleeves over both of your eyes
The old church bells ringing beyond the goodbye
I keep that last chord where the silence lies
Like a hymn from the choir beyond the blue skies
I carry your smile in a faded Polaroid
I trace every shadow the daylight has spoiled
The colors are slipping where wallet and fold
But your beautiful eyes are the gold I still hold
The train takes a curve through a valley of dust
Your ticket still rests where the warmth used to trust
I press the small square like a prayer to the rust
And the rails keep your name in a language I trust
I carry your smile in a faded Polaroid
I trace every shadow the daylight has spoiled
The colors are slipping where wallet and fold
But your beautiful eyes are the gold I still hold
The cello leans in when the evening is low
The wooden flute grieves with a slow, knowing flow
I set you beside every window I own
And the room still remembers the way that you go
Your handwriting bends where the rain found the seam
Your perfume is gone but the glove keeps the dream
I turn to the walls and the dust in the beam
And your laughter rolls through me like wheels on a train
I carry your smile in a breaking Polaroid
I hold every shadow the daylight has spoiled
The colors surrender where wallet and fold
But your beautiful eyes are the gold I still hold
I carry you forward, stubborn and bold
The train rolls on through the valley of dust
Your image grows quiet, but love stays enough
I press the small square closer, unbroken and warm
Your smile through the thinning, still bright in my heart
The road bends ahead, and I carry you through
