Lyrics
[Intro] For the ones who walk in rain with their hands in their coat For the ones who kept the bill and still wrote a note [Verse 1] I kept a match in a paper box By the sink where the cold water talks Your name in the smoke on the window glass Then it vanished slow like it always does I was raised on a room full of unsent words On a table with chips and a split-down curb Now i count my fears in the amber glow And i still hear your laugh in the undertow [Pre-Chorus] If i lean in close Will the dark say more? If i hold that note Will it crack that door? [Chorus] Paper lanterns, carry me Paper lanterns, marry me I let the night read my face Then i fold into the space Paper lanterns, carry me Paper lanterns, carry me [Verse 2] There’s a bruise on the sky where the thunder slept And a thrift-store suit with a secret left I moved like a rumor through a wire fence town With a rusted chain and my head bowed down You said truth tastes bitter when the mouth is dry So i bit that fear till it learned my line Now the floorboards hum where the ghosts have sat And the wall keeps time with a draped-out clap [Pre-Chorus] If i call your name Will it split the haze? If i go too deep Will it light the way? [Chorus] Paper lanterns, carry me Paper lanterns, marry me I let the night read my face Then i fold into the space Paper lanterns, carry me Paper lanterns, carry me [Dedication break] For my mother with the tired hands For my brother with the broken plans For the kid with the static stare I left a light here, i left it there [Bridge] I wore my silence like borrowed shoes Walked through the ache just to find the clue And every scar said, “stay, stay close” But every shadow said, “let it go” So i sang one line with a cracked-open throat And the whole dark room leaned in to know [Final chorus] Paper lanterns, carry me Paper lanterns, marry me I let the night read my face Then i fold into the space Paper lanterns, carry me Paper lanterns, carry me Paper lanterns, hold me now In the deep where the echoes bow [Outro] For the ones who walk in rain with their hands in their coat For the ones who kept the bill and still wrote a note
