[Verse 1]
Calendar corners on the floor
Doctor’s words still in my teeth
Coffee’s cold
TV’s too loud
But I can’t hear a single thing
You’re asking if I’m doing fine
I say "yeah" and change the scene
Talk about the traffic
Not the ticking
Between you and me
[Chorus]
I’m running out of somedays
Running out of "next year
We’ll see"
How do I say I’m fading
Without you feeling sorry for me
If living always meant leaving
Then this is just that line in between
I’m running out of somedays
But I want tonight to be
[Verse 2]
Your laugh cuts through my quiet fear
You pass the salt
Brush off my sleeve
All these tiny normal moments
Feel like postcards I can’t keep
I start to say "there’s something—"
My courage stalls and hits the brakes
So I top you off and tell a joke
Hide a tremor in the shake
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
[low vocal register] If I tell you I’m not staying
Can you hear it as "I was blessed" [crescendo]
Not a tragedy
Just timing
Just a final borrowed breath
[guitar solo]
When I go
Don’t build an altar
Plant a tree
Let it grow tall
Say my name in stupid stories
Let me echo down the hall
[Chorus]