Falling Through Velvet

Shared a backpack

Split a busted phone

Passed the same small towns

On the way

back home

You took the window

I took the

aisle

Counted every mile

In worn-out smiles

Same old road Same old shoes

Same bad jokes

Same old blues

When the sky turns heavy

And the map feels wrong

We just walk this long

Tough common road

And somehow we go on

Argued over nothing In a parking lot

You swore you’d leave

I swore you would not

Sat on the curb Till the coffee got cold

Two stubborn kids Trying to act grown

Same old road

Same old shoes

Same bad jokes

Same old blues

When the sky turns heavy And the map feels wrong We just

walk this long Tough common road

And somehow we go on

We’ve been broke Been bitter

Been lost Been late

Still saving each other A paper plate From crowded tables Where we

don’t quite fit You nudge my shoulder

Say We’re built for this

Same old road

Same old shoes

Same bad jokes

Same old blues When the sky turns heavy And the map feels

wrong We just walk this long

Tough common road

And somehow we go on