Laugh Lines Lyrics

Paper well wishes

Distract from the distance

With tentative optimism

Be it pins on a map or walls inside your mind

Your trepidation shows through your laugh lines

Oh, I know it's been months now

I saw the phone calls die out

Blue light turned cancerous comparisons

You pulled the corners of the canvas together

Bags packed, you left for better weather

But you've got your convictions

You built a framework on the south side with them

And I've got my excuses

But I've been working on my disposition

I found my regrets

Turned to stone in my pockets

When I waded off the shore with them

And tried to swim

I won't let them pull me down

No I won't drown in the snowmelt our time together brought to this town

I won't

Yeah I've got my convictions

I built a framework on the north side with them

And you've got hesitations

Trust me it's worth the time it takes to kill them

I want peace with the balance

Not a tangled tightrope dizzy cadence

While we sit always hoping

That the steps we take get less exhausting