Carry This Flame

[Verse 1]
You left your book on the table
Folded page in the middle of June
Coffee stain on the corner
Like you walked out of the room too soon

[Pre-Chorus]
I talk to the jacket on your chair
Acting like you’re still sitting there
All these little ghosts of you
What am I supposed to do?

[Chorus]
So I’ll carry this flame
Through the wind
Through the rain
If the sky falls down
I’ll still say your name (your name)
I’m holding the line
On the wrong side of time
If you ever get lost
I’ll be your sign
I’ll carry this flame

[Verse 2]
Your vinyl spins in the kitchen
Same scratch where the chorus should be
I keep pretending it’s skipping
Not that you took the best part of me

[Pre-Chorus]
I wear that faded sweater out of spite
Feels like armor in the middle of the night
If letting go is what I should do
Why does every road bend back to you?

[Chorus]
So I’ll carry this flame
Through the wind
Through the rain
If the sky falls down
I’ll still say your name (still say your name)
I’m holding the line
On the wrong side of time
If you ever get lost
I’ll be your sign
I’ll carry this flame

[Bridge]
Maybe someday I’ll learn
How to walk past your street
But I’m still turning
Every ash over
Hoping for heat

[Chorus]
So I’ll carry this flame
Through the wind
Through the rain
If the sky falls down
I’ll still say your name (oh your name)
I’m holding the line
On the wrong side of time
If you ever come back
I’ll be your sign
I’ll carry this flame
(I’ll carry this flame)