[Verse 1]
The kettle’s screaming
The floorboards groan
Bills on the table
Bad news on the phone
Your eyes find mine
Like a match in rain
I hold your hand
And the shape of sane
[Pre-Chorus]
We don’t need perfect
We need a sign
A little gold thread
In the wire and vine
If the night keeps breaking
Let it break around us
I can hear the sweet thing
Moving in the dust
[Chorus]
Give me the sweet for certain
Give me the sweet for certain
I can taste it in your name
Sweet for certain
Sweet for certain
We’re still burning through the rain
[Verse 2]
Bikes on the porch
Mud on your shoes
Laughing through the teeth
Of the bad luck news
The jar’s half empty
The sky is torn
Still you make a doorway
Out of worn-out morn
[Pre-Chorus]
We don’t need perfect
We need a line
A little true north
In the cross of time
If the world goes sideways
Let it slide around us
I can hear the sweet thing
Moving in the dust
[Chorus]
Give me the sweet for certain
Give me the sweet for certain
I can taste it in your name
Sweet for certain
Sweet for certain
We’re still burning through the rain
[Bridge]
I’ve seen the big plans
Fold like paper
Heard brave words
Turn to vapor
But you laugh once
And the room comes round
Like a river finding
What it can’t drown
[Chorus]
Give me the sweet for certain
Give me the sweet for certain
I can taste it in your name
Sweet for certain
Sweet for certain
We’re still burning through the rain
[Outro]
In the chaos
We keep this flame
Sweet for certain
Sweet for certain