Coming back home's like

Walking in on a secret

That everyone older than me knows

The trouble with moving on

Is leaving behind

I guess that's how it goes

And I don't know myself anymore

This must be what growing up is for

So just let me know

When the scary part is finally over

Until then I'll close my eyes

It's right here in the dark

It takes a lot of heart

Street lights at this time of night

Make everything seem black and white

And is everything faded

Or is it just me

An open parenthesis

Is there a point

When more of this makes sense

Or is that only past tense

So just let me know

When the scary part is finally over

Until then I'll close my eyes

It's right here in the dark

Is this the hard part

You told me that you would tell me

You told me you'd tell me

When I was older

Well I'm older now

So just let me know

Until then I'll close my eyes

So just let me know

When the scary part is finally over

Until then I'll close my eyes

It's right here in the dark

It takes a lot of heart

The night is slow

A gentle glow

Hovers right above the porch

Welcoming our footsteps

As we stumble towards the door

Your empty room

A simple tune

To put us all asleep so that

We can wake with the sun

and not feel so bad

The summer days and August blaze

We're trying hard to hold on tight

To what's left of the freedom

Brought with every night

The winter sky is hanging high

So far above the snow and ice

We are safe tucked away

In the dim of candle light

Seems like everyone's waiting

For something better to start

But we're fine being here, yeah

We're happy right where we are

If it was up to me

I don't think I'd ever move on

But it's out of our hands

So let's try out best

To hold on, to hold on

'Cause we're fine being here, yeah

We're happy right where we are

But it's out of our hands

So let's try our best

To hold on

So when you leave just promise me

That you will stay the way you are

Bright and strong moving fast

Just like a falling star

Hit the light before you go

So I don't have to see this room

That we have made our own

Pull the curtains 'til they close

So the sun we try to hide from

Will leave these walls alone

Turn the music way down low

I don't wanna hear the echoes

Of the nights we spent alone

She's in my blood

And in my bones

She feels brand new

And just like home

And although we may find

That these miles are unkind

There are roads left to roam

And we will take our sweet sweet time

Sticking pins in the map

Drinking whiskey drinking wine

If you stay with me

I'll make it worth your time

In my head just like a song

With a melody so simple

Even you could sing along

I know with you's where I belong

And I've been trying hard to

Find my way since you've been gone

I am the land you are the sea

And I'd walk a thousand miles

To the coast so we could meet

We fit together perfectly

And wherever you might go

Is everywhere I want to be

And although we may find

That these miles are unkind

There are roads left to roam

And we will take our sweet sweet time

Sticking pins in the map

Drinking whiskey drinking wine

If you stay with me

I'll make it worth your time

  The sound of you and me

Coming back from the night we wasted

We're moving quickly towards the ground

And we both know that it's just an echo

It isn't the same as the ones we made

The first time around

And I am not the one you loved

We got lost out there in the summer air

And salvation's never come

I am not the one you loved

'Cause the girl you knew

Never made it through

Back where she was from

You tell me nothing's wrong

But I can see it when you're sleeping

I hate to say it's no surprise

The bed is breaking

From all the stories we've been keeping

You and me how we used to be

That we can't revise

I am not the one you loved

We got lost out there in the summer air

And salvation's never come

I am not the one you loved

'Cause the girl you knew

Never made it through

Back where she was from

Spoke so softly, you couldn't hear me

Over the sound of words that we spoke

But now we misquote slowly unwound

And I am not the one you loved

We got lost out there in the summer air

And salvation's never come

I am not the one you loved

'Cause the girl you knew

Never made it through

Back where she was from

We'll be gone, we'll be on our own

Miles from what we know

I'll follow you where you go

(Where do you go)

And you can pretend for now

That you don't have a clue how

We managed to leave this town

(The rest is ours)

For now

So why don't we just fall asleep

In the back of the Jeep

With our shoes still on

And the embers burning low

I can feel that you're looking at me

But I don't wanna be

Caught in the undertow

Like a song that I used to play

I'd forgotten until today

There's no wishing this away

(Wish me away)

And we're scared that it's gonna hurt

But I think that I know the words

And I know that I wrote them first

(You wrote them first)

For you

So why don't we just leave our hearts

In the seats of the car

And we'll look for all the things we'll never know

I can feel that you're wishing for me

But I don't wanna be

Caught in the undertow

(Maybe it's just me)

We have come so far

(Afraid you'll disagree)

To break another heart

(You've broken into me)

Let's make another start

So why don't we just fall asleep

In the back of the Jeep

With our shoes still on

And the embers burning low

I can feel that you're

Reaching for me

And now I finally see

We're caught in the undertow

We're caught in the undertow

We're caught in the undertow

Caught in the undertow

We left our clothes sitting on the dock

We dipped our toes then leapt into the dark

And floated neck deep in the blue night sky

I could have died right there by your side

Well I never wanted more

From the world my dear

Than to know you're here

When the rain fell we left the work on our desks

Splashed in puddles 'til we made a mess

Never thinking twice about taking advice

It's nice to know that life can be perfect, if only for the night

Yeah, I never wanted more

From the world my dear

Than to know you're here

And I don't think anymore about how things could go wrong

Because there are so many going right

And why would I ever go without

When I can simply go along with the

Orange of the afternoon light

Never thought that

Life could get so good

I thought it might

But that it never would

Well I never wanted more

From the world my dear

Than to know you're here

The sun still hasn't set where you are

Sometimes I forget how far it is

And it's better the days when I don't recall

The years that you held my hand as I learned to fall

And the words are getting spare now

It's getting harder to care

And I don't think it gets easier

With time and I'm worried we missed our prime

We have the same conversation a few times a week

But you just get older and I'm getting colder, I'm sorry to say.

And the world seems smaller every time I step outside

Never quite large enough to find somewhere to hide

And the words are getting spare now

It's getting harder to care

And I don't think it gets easier with time

we're getting hard to define.

I think you know it's true

(Words are getting spare)

It's not the same me and you

(It's getting harder to care)

And I don't think it gets easier

With time

We've landed in the final fall

We've come to far now too fast

To call it back

And I wear my hair short now

But I still sing songs I wrote with a pony tail

To prove that I know how

Forgive me for thinking that this would take

So much longer (x2)

But I'll just keep laughing for laughter's sake

And you'll wonder (x2)

Why I do

And we'll steel ourselves for the final spring

And we'll separate the stuff we packed

From all the things we thought we'd bring back home

And we'll wear our whites but we'll probably stain out clothes 

But that's okay, we never thought we were cool anyway

Forgive me for thinking that this would take

So much longer (x2)

But I'll just keep laughing for laughter's sake

And you'll wonder (x2)

Why I do

Forgive me for thinking

That this would take

So much longer

So much longer

The leaves are starting to change

But all I feel is exactly the same

And the cold is coming in

Through the window panes

And your eyes are getting

That same sad look you wore last year

Beneath the hood of your coat

And I think that we should get away

So pack your bags I won't ask twice

I'll drag you if I have to

Throw your mittens out into the night

And get in my car

And we'll take the road south

And we'll keep driving

'Til you feel warm again

Warm again

Some nights I'm happy to sit with

My cup of tea and my blanket around me

But others you know I just feel empty

And you're back in that

Same sad cave that you dug last year

In an attempt to escape

And I think that we should get away

So pack your bags I won't ask twice

I'll drag you if I have to

Throw your mittens out into the night

And get in my car

And we'll take the road south

And we'll keep driving 'til you

Feel warm again

Warm again

So pack your bags I won't ask twice

I'll drag you if I have to

Throw your mittens out into the night

And get in my car

And we'll take the road south

And we'll keep driving

'Til you feel warm again

Warm again

Oh we'll keep on driving

'Til you feel 'til you feel

Oh we'll keep on driving

'Til you feel 'til you feel

Warm again

I leave this place happy and lived in

Empty but not for long

Look at this face, smiling but cinched in

Singing a dark blue song

Here is the sound of the displaced

Here is the song of the worst case

I know the drill minutes go faster

Smaller bites of the pie

I know the math, one grain of sand

For every ten stars in the sky

Here is the sound of the confused

Here is a song under a new roof

I leave this place

Empty but lived in

Happy but not for long

Oh my baby, I've been acting crazy

But I warned you at the start of this

So you can't hold it against me

Oh my darling sorry I keep arguing

About things that just don't matter

Saying shit that I don't mean

Oh and honey, I been feeling funny

About the places that I'm going to

And the places that I've been

But my sweetness I will try to treat this

Feeling that's come over me 

with a little bit of time

And some laughter, a pretty day to capture

A song to sing and tea to drink

Is what I'm chasing after

So be patient, hope you don't mind waiting

I've got big plans and I'll follow through

And I'm thinking we're gonna make it

After all