Walk Back

The walk back from my house
Is just across the street
From memory
She said come meet me alone
I bring the solitude I'm carrying

Your god won't save you now
Show me how he did before
The claw foot tub
Filling up the bathroom floor

And you left you ring on
The mahogany dresser by the door
And if we fold before the closure
What's holding your composure for

I need to know
Even with the rose glasses shattered
Between the there and now
It's not fair how
You'd rather not take the latter

We were the best parts kids
The paper plate dinners
The little porch chatter

I can't believe
That none of it
Ever truly mattered
Something has to matter

It's a pinky promise,
An oath to the death
That you have to keep
Cause you have a bad habit
Spilling all your secrets in your sleep

Say it twice
Say it loud
Show me how it sounds sweeter
And if I had a choice
I'd choose either

And you left your coat on
The copper coated hook
Hanging by the door
And if we fold before the closure
What's holding your composure for

I need to know by now
Even with the rose glasses shattered
Between there and now
It's not fair how
You'd rather not take the latter

We were the best parts kids
The paper plate dinners
The little porch chatter

I can't believe
That none of it
Ever truly mattered
Something has to matter

Nose caked in the morning
Thoughts from last night forming
I wish you'd just adore me
The way that you used to
I drive past your house
While you put on that blouse
And you tie up your laces
For a heart that still races
For any reason to go out
For any reason to go without me

I need to know by now
Even with the rose glasses shattered
Between the there and now
It's not fair how
You'd rather not take the latter

We were the best parts kids
The paper plate dinners
The little porch chatter

I can't believe
That none of it
Ever truly mattered
Something has to matter

Mmmm
Mmmm