Porches Lyrics

What in the hell ever happened to our shared warmth

It was the Fourth of July and the fireworks lit up the skyline onto a street

And you, my old friend, I was sitting right by on your porch

And the red against black penetrated the white of your skin like a reflective angel

And now you're welcomed to a world unknown

Trapped inside a dream that won't end while this world turns around us

Drove past your house for the millionth time this week

With the memorabilia of youth and the longing for answers

The struggle for truth

And I swear that I saw your old bicycle under the steps

Took that baby for miles and I'd follow

Through D and through E and through crumbling homes

And like spirit, it's so tragic, you faded, too

Lost and apart like a boat out to sea

With no hope to find a harbor

Grass in our hair, the sounds of trains miles away

It was 71 with the sun down

The sky a deep red like the shirt you had on

And that very night, when the Patriot dimmed, I just thought

What would happen to us down the road

A child at heart becomes china in white

And I'll sing to the air that I breathe, like you did

These strings are the pulse to a distorted memory

"Wipe away the tears" I say when I play on my porch