Fog on the Windshield

Verse 1

I circle the block twice before I park

Windows fog up while I sit in the dark

Cold coffee gone flat in my hand

Wishing I could understand

Pre-Chorus

Halls smell like bleach and late November

Every step I take I can't remember

Why I keep coming back to this place

Where the light stumbles across every face

Chorus

I don't wanna walk through those sliding doors

Don't wanna see her hand on the rails anymore

I'd rather stay outside where the air is clean

Than watch them fade behind that machine

That machine

Verse 2

Staircase hums a tune I've heard before

Fluorescent buzz like a distant shore

Dad's coat still hanging by the chair

Empty sleeves floating in the air

Pre-Chorus

I rehearse the words a hundred times

But they come out wrong every time I try

So I stand here counting my own breath

Terrified of what happens next

Chorus

I don't wanna walk through those sliding doors

Don't wanna see her hand on the rails anymore

I'd rather stay outside where the air is clean

Than watch them fade behind that machine

That machine

Bridge

Maybe love is showing up anyway

Even when your knees give out and shake

Even when the beeping never stops

Even when your whole world drops

Chorus

I don't wanna walk through those sliding doors

Don't wanna see her hand on the rails anymore

I'd rather stay outside where the air is clean

Than watch them fade behind that machine

That machine

Outro

That machine

That machine

Mm