Till Morning

The impact of it's still ringing
We dance in a crater it left
All day long I can hear you singing
But I wake in the night
I hear you catching your breath

Six months now
You barely slept
I wonder how many others
Are stuck on the same map
Survivors built in the hidden depths
Survivor's guilt like an empty trap

Every day of your life is a victory lap
I'm proud to be running it with you
When you get lost in flashbacks
I miss you
I'm picking up the slack
But my hands are slipping

It was the worst betrayal
Resurfacing now
That your life is stable
I know you're a soldier
But where do you go
When your eyes glaze over

I wish I could travel
Through time
Find that child
Guard her door
I would sit on the floor
Outside her room
Till morning

I wish I could travel
Through time
Find that child
Guard that door
I would sit on the floor
Outside that room
Till morning

It's not the whole story
It's not even the beginning
It's just one thread
In the tapestry
If you pull at it long enough
The bigger picture unravels
And everything feels like catastrophe

Still we laugh all the time
It's good for the pain
We put our hearts into climbing this mountain together
Now we're high enough to start enjoying the view
But the shadows down below are getting closer every second

Good thing you're as tough as they make 'em
You got it from the people you came from
Remember
When you feel like you can't keep hold
You're an old soul
Gold
And you will not fold

Some nights
You wait forever
Sure
You can't take the pressure
But when the dark feels like it will never lift
That's when the sky grows pale
And the morning lives

I wish I could travel
Through time
Find that child
Guard that door
I would sit on the floor
Outside that room
Till morning

I wish I could travel
Through time
Find that child
Guard that door
I would sit on the floor
Outside your room
Till morning

One in four
Is it a surprise
How many of the people in your life
Have this bit of little bit of grit
Stinging in their eyes
And they do grow up
And they thrive

It ain't the boogeyman
Or a stranger in the park
It's a friend of the family
It's a relative you stand with

If that's too hard to think of
Too dark
What about the people who are living every day with it?

When the past is a dirty swamp
Full of shapes
You can't look at square on
Keep going

I know what's in your mind
When you lose your words
You start shrinking
Through space
Like you don't deserve
To exist

Wounds too wild to tame
For what it's worth
I understand shame
You kiss mine to dust
I just hope I can do the same

We can
We can travel through time
We can find that child
We can guard her door
We can sit on the floor
Outside that room
Till morning

We can
We can travel through time
We can find that child
We can guard her door
We can sit on the floor
Outside her room
Together
Till morning