Waving at a Train

Intro

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Verse 1

Woke up to the window gray

Same old rain against the pane

I traced the cracks upon the wall

Counted all the times I stalled

Every promise turned to smoke

Every anchor came untied

I built a lighthouse out of hope

Then watched the water sweep it wide

Chorus

I'm not asking for a reason

I'm not searching for a sign

I just need one honest season

Where the weight falls off my spine

Let the thunder take the old me

Let the river run me clean

I'm not asking for a reason

Just a door to what I've been

Verse 2

Found a photograph of June

My mother's eyes were twenty-two

She held a future in her hands

A million roads across the land

Now she folds the days like sheets

Pressing every wrinkle flat

I see her standing in the street

Waving at a train that's passed

Chorus

I'm not asking for a reason

I'm not searching for a sign

I just need one honest season

Where the weight falls off my spine

Let the thunder take the old me

Let the river run me clean

I'm not asking for a reason

Just a door to what I've been

Bridge

Father never said the words

That could have held the house together

August burned the quiet years

And scattered them like weathered feathers

All the things we never spoke

Loudest when the house went dark

I still carry every echo

Carved into my stubborn heart

Breakdown

I said hey

Hey

Are you listening out there

I said hey

Hey

I'm still here

I said hey

Hey

Do you know my name

I said hey

Hey

I still care

Chorus

I'm not asking for a reason

I'm not searching for a sign

I just need one honest season

Where the weight falls off my spine

Let the thunder take the old me

Let the river run me clean

I'm not asking for a reason

Just a door to what I've been

Outro

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Just a door

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