Before the sun

[Verse 1]
There’s a truck running down the road
Been there longer than it needs
I keep standing in the doorway
Like that ever stopped a thing
You’re still asleep, the house is warm
Same old boards beneath my feet
Funny how it’s harder leaving quiet
Than it ever was to leave mid-speech

[Chorus]
So I’m gone before the sun
Before we say it wrong
Nothing here is broken
It just hasn’t held this long
I won’t make it someone’s fault
I won’t say it’s all my own
Some things don’t fall apart
They just don’t feel like home

[Verse 2]
We talked around it long enough
Like time might change its mind
But wanting isn’t the same as having
And love don’t always line up right
I know the way you take your coffee
I know the dip in every stair
But knowing every little thing
Don’t mean there’s something left to share

[Bridge]
Maybe later it’ll settle
Maybe it won’t ever do
Either way, I can’t keep standing
Waiting on it to move

[Final Chorus / Outro]
So I’m gone before the sun
I leave the door how I found
I’ll carry what was good with me
Let the rest stay where it’s been now
If you ever wonder where I went
It wasn’t pride or fear
I just knew the staying
Was costing more than leaving here

Male, rasp, Raw Americana, alt-folk, stripped-down acoustic, slow and intimate, melancholy, under-sung, bittersweet