Holding on to the Dark

I kept your boots by the door

Like you might come back for more

Rain on the screen, mud on the floor

I still hear you in the boards

Your name rides on my tongue

Like a truck on a hill too long

I know that road is gone

But I keep that motor on

And I try, I try

To shake that black sky

But it hangs on me

Like a doggone lie

Holding on to the dark

Holding on, Black rope tied round my heart

If I let go tonight

I might finally break apart

So I’m holding on to the dark

Holding on, holding on

There’s a dent in the porch rail

Where I carved our old trail

One drink short of a tale

One more mile to fail

I light one, let it burn

Watch the whole room turn

Every lesson I learned

Still don’t make the ache return

And I try, I try

To shake that black sky

But it hangs on me

Like a doggone lie

Holding on to the dark

Holding on, Black rope tied round my heart

If I let go tonight

I might finally break apart

So I’m holding on to the dark

Holding on, holding on

Maybe dawn looks good on some

Maybe some boys learn to run

But I was built in the storm

I was raised on the hard part

So if you see me standin’ still

With that gravel in my will

It’s just me, taking my time

Till the black gives way to light

Holding on to the dark

Holding on, Black rope tied round my heart

If I let go tonight

I might finally break apart

So I’m holding on to the dark

Holding on, holding on