as the radio plays
it's (your favorite) song
i heard it all the time
after you called (it mine/us done)

and those days were everything
it's never been the same
since you forgot my name
and left me to my shame

and the end had come
the time for tears to fall
now it's so far gone
from where we both belonged

bring me back to that place
your favorite song still plays
i swear i still see your face
where we both gave into the chase

I wish I knew how to compose music

and I think this was meant to be

always wonderin' who you'd be

don't take my word in it's place

just this smile on my face

and the things you think you thought you'd know

can't compare to where we are

just take my hand we've come this far

don't think it over it's begun

this place where two become one

search so hard for what's to come

changed your mind with eyes closed tight 

One of these days I'm going to write you something that leaves my impression on you

I wrote your name in the stars

Come here so I can point out where

(So/and) you'll be able to find your way home from wherever you are

Back to my arms

No matter the dark, it's easier to see their twinkle when everything is black

Wait out the storm

Those too shall pass

Catch a glimpse of fate at the calm in the center

Tornadoes and sandstorms can try to disguise the path

Throw everything off course 

But they can't change (what's beyond touch/what they can't touch)

Mountains so tall meant to block the way

Step by step, foot after foot 

Each one climbed is closer to the guide

Earthquake or drought, flood or famine

Whatever comes our way just look up to find I'm never far from your side

   

My struggle isn't in telling the difference between night and day
It's knowing what to do when either arrives

Please tell me you know these are for you

I have every thought in the world racing through my brain tonight

I think the only one that can stop it is you

You are the only one anymore that tames the chaos

The only one that sees the flares I send up when I am lost

I don't need to be taken care of

I just need you to block the rain so I can keep sending smoke signals

So I can find my way home

I'll still be holding your hand in the rain

I'm not good with stories

But I have one for you

If you can spare the time to listen

Time and fate
I've been obsessed my whole life with what they have in store for me
And I can't decide if that escape is the best thing to know or to scary to consider
There's escape routes along the way
But the lights meant to lead the way have blown out and I handed my life preserver to the girl behind me when she forgot how to swim
I know there's flotation devices to keep me afloat but I misplaced them during the dive
I lay on my back to stay above the water line as the waves try to drag me under
I can count every star in my line of sight
The sun disappeared long ago
I'm so thirsty for meaning but all there seems to be is salt water to dry me out
I taste it on my lips and it reminds me of all I can't have
And I swear I see land up ahead but again I'm scared it's just a mirage only meant for the desert
Wrinkled and bloated and legs keeping me treading out of habit
When I close my eyes I can still see the view from my window at 30,000 feet

I'm still figuring out what to do with you

All those girls, my trust in the last one, making demands for the things they want.. or don't want, you're not the person I expect to make me feel this way, but then you are the first, you are the the one with the most history, but you know all the secrets, all the pain I've been through and why, you've been an eyewitness as I came limping in with the remnants of my heart bleeding between my fingers, you say I'm worth more then they have ever offered but you expect me to settle for second or even third rate, you tell me my feeling are wrong, you're urging me to go back in a direction that doesn't threaten this place you've carved out in me for yourself, you want me to be happy, as long as it's the way you want me to be happy, and you're wrong about the person I spent years getting over, and I think you know where that truth belongs, you have him, but you want me too be what he isn't for you, you like me alone, you like when I'm broken, because you're who I come to when I can't breathe, you give me air, but it's laced with intent, you say I deserve more but all you've ever let me have is words too drunk to be real, when I'm too sober to for it to matter, you question my judgement, I question your motives, the life we belong together isn't this one, we've know that since we figured out what this meant, there's a turning in my gut that hasn't left, just adding layers to my reinforced skin