[Intro]
Ash on the windowsill
Clock hands frozen in the dust
All the letters on the floor
Spelled a promise turned to rust
[Verse 1]
Boots by the broken door
Laces knotted
Never worn
Map with a burning edge
Every border
Every storm
You said
"Wait for me"
Carved your name into the frame
I grew older in that doorway
You stayed younger in the flame
[Chorus]
I prayed for the day that never comes
Raised my hands to a silent sun
Every dawn just cut my lungs
Chasing ghosts of what we were
I bled for the day that never came
Burned our story into my veins
Now I stand and scream your name
At the day that never comes
[Verse 2]
War on the radio
Names that crumble when they're read
Your photograph in armor
Creased and folded at the edge
Candles on crooked plates
Wax like rivers down the wall
Every knock upon the wood
Every echo felt like fall
[Chorus]
I prayed for the day that never comes
Raised my hands to a silent sun
Every dawn just cut my lungs
Chasing ghosts of what we were
I bled for the day that never came
Burned our story into my veins
Now I stand and scream your name
At the day that never comes
[Bridge]
[Drums drop to half-time
Choirs swell]
How long can hope outrun the truth?
How long can faith outdrink the proof?
I tore the calendar apart
But every page still hit my heart
If fate is just a loaded gun
Then pull it
Point it at the sun
I won't bow to broken prayer
If you're not there
If you're not there (hey!)
[Chorus]
I prayed for the day that never comes
Now I curse at a hollow sun
Tear the sky with a wounded tongue
I am done with what we were
I bled for the day that never came
Turned that wound into my flame
Now I ride and scream your name
Past the day that never comes
[Outro]
One last line on the windowsill
Boot prints fading in the dust
I walk out of that broken door
Leave the promise in the rust