More Good Days

Hope to make amends
(I hope you realize when we're in this world that's how it works)
Hope to be more than friends
(Our friendship can't unfold the way the story should be told)
Like a thousand knives into my skin
(Your skin is thick and thin; I know it hurts but which is worse?)
I hope the sunlight shines again
(I hope the sun comes out and plays for days; it's rained for days)

It's rained for days and days and days
Too many months, too many ways
The seasons do wax and wane
My thoughts still churn to ease the pain
But the way it felt always remains
Like milk is butter all the same
Loss after loss, frame after frame
Somehow I know I'm not to blame

I want to live and breathe the here and now (I want to)
The past it only speaks this helpless sound (The past is)
The candle is our flash photography (The candle)
Illuminate the future and its honesty (Illuminate)

We're hopeful not defeated
Our lives haven't been depleted
Oh, we won't go back
Oh, we can't go back
We're hopeful not defeated
Despite how we've been treated
Oh, we won't go back
Oh, we can't go back

I'm hopeful and I mean it
This cycle won't repeat
And no, I won't go back
There's no turning back
I'm hopeful and I need this
If I could just believe it
I'd have more good days
Let's have more good days

I was boppin' my head to a brand-new tune
Sittin' by the candlelight sippin' wine with you
Waitin' for the autumn thinkin' what we've been through
Laughin' 'bout the haters that they couldn't handle us two
Finally not alone in the middle of the night
There's a star shining on us so bright
With the warmth of love and a shimmering light
I just want to know if there's a way to stay alive

We can be the perfect pair; we share love
Writing until our hearts' despair
We're hopeful not defeated
Our lives haven't been depleted
Oh, we won't go back
Oh, we can't go back
We're hopeful not defeated
Despite how we've been treated
Oh, we won't go back
We can't go back

I'm hopeful and I mean it
This cycle won't repeat
And no, I won't go back
There's no turning back
I'm hopeful and I need this
If I could just believe it
I'd have more good days
Let's have more good days

Let's have more good days
Let's have more good days
Let's have more good days
Let's have more good days
Let's have more good days
Let's have more good days
Let's have more good days
Let's have more good days