Front Porch Sunrise

This isn’t good morning, this is gracious bad news

I was calling to scar you with what I’m about to do

You burned your sorrows and I burned mine too

But you kept the ashes and now they’re keeping you

What’s it like to be honest, honestly happy

And say all the things that you know that you’re thinking?

What’s it like to be honest, honestly happy

And say all the things that you know that you’re thinking?

I don’t need anyone or anything

Between you and me is a distance that I bridge with sleep, so

I’m cutting clearly and straight to your room

Crawling your bed to that windowless view

Cause these blankets and sheets will bury me

If I let myself go to your father's beliefs

“You will always be the boy who stumbled in too soon,” she said

“You will always be the boy that stumbled in too soon,” she said

What’s it like to be honest, honestly happy

And say all the things that you know that you’re thinking?

What’s it like to be honest, honestly happy?

I don’t need anyone or anything

Between you and me is a distance that I bridge with sleep, so

(Between you and me)

I want it so badly but I have to break

the promise I made for your front porch that day

(Between you and me)

I spent last night talking secrets and graves

A place that my promise has now wormed its way

And your parents were on your front lawn screaming

I’m the kid that’s keeping you lost

And I could never be what you want

I could never, I could never

And your parents were on your front lawn screaming

I’m the kid that’s keeping you lost

I could never be what you want

I could never, I could never

And your parents were on your front lawn screaming

I’m the kid that’s keeping you lost

And I could never be what you want.

I could never, I could never