The Photograph

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Drop

Midnight crawling through the blinds

Letters hidden for a lifetime

Verse 1

The night began without a warning

Drawer stuck I forced it open

Found a photograph of her before me

Different man her eyes were frozen

My mother's name I never knew it

Scratched on back in faded blue ink

All those years she kept it secret

Now the floor began to sink

Build

Breathing shallow

Heartbeat heavy

Hands are shaking

Getting ready

Drop

Staring at another life I missed

Staring at a stranger's gentle kiss

Interlude

Mm mm mm

Mm mm mm

Beat Switch

Floorboards creak beneath my feet

Down the hall to where she sleeps

Want to scream but not a sound

Twenty years of silence found

She never told me about the fire

About the house that burned to ground

About the brother who expired

Before I came around

Breakdown

Silence

Cold air

Her secret

Nowhere to go

Choir

(Ooh) We carry scars we never show

(Ooh) We bury truths we'll never know

(Ooh) The past is patient waits below

(Ooh) Let the river forward flow

Final Chorus

Midnight crawling through the blinds

Everything I knew rewinds

Midnight crawling through the blinds

Nothing left of my old mind

Fade Out

Standing in her doorway frozen

Wanting words I'd never chosen

Dawn crept in so slow and sore

Nothing looked the same anymore.

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