There's a fault line in Tennessee. This song isn't about that.
lyrics
[lyrics]
It’s getting late and I can’t see your face
The moonlight through the trees is failing now.
Your eyes are there a couple feet away
I wish that I could see what they see now.
Familiar words come stumbling from my mouth
It’s been a year but we’ve been here before.
You seem so close hid only in my doubt
I wanted you to know before I leave.
Chorus:
Ship shape it will shape up right. Earthquakes can’t take away tonight.
And I’ve got so much to say to you.
I’ve got a last wish before my hope is dead, a prayer whispered underneath my breath,
And I’m wondering if you pray for me.
But it’s easy to forget, and this silence gets the best of us.
I’ve got so much locked behind my eyes.
You said it’s fine, we’ll blame it on the time
If only we could hide while seconds pass.
It’s only fair to smile about it now
Too confusing now to care when it won’t work.
But these thoughts won’t fade, they find me when I wake.
They find me when the city falls asleep.
Perhaps it’s best pretend till we forget
Till then, I hope you’ll still remember me.
Chorus
(and this part)
I can't seem to walk away. I’m a statue of a moment frozen by a day
And maybe you will visit me on empty nights in August when you can still away
It's just the process of decay. I'll keep repeating I’m okay
We'll shut our eyes and disappear. Forgetting's hard. We'll find a way.
We'll find a way. We'll find a way.
It’s getting late, I should be on my way.
There’s so much on my mind that I should say.
But I hear the train, it’s calling out my name.
It’s calling out my name
I can't seem to walk away. I’m a statue of a moment frozen by a day
And maybe you will visit me on empty nights in August when you can still away
It's just the process of decay. I'll keep repeating I’m okay
We'll shut our eyes and disappear. Forgetting's hard. We'll find a way.
We'll find a way. We'll find a way.
credits
from The Birds Woke Us Early,
released December 7, 2007
Written by Joseph Paul Padgett
Performed by Danger & The Steel Cut Oats
Additional vocals by Calais Cervetti
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