Luminous Afterglow

(mmm-hmm) Leaving the porch light on just in case

Tracing the lines of a disappearing face

No shouting left, no point in being loud

Just a quiet draft clearing out the crowd

We argued for hours just to keep the heat

Now there is only frost settling on the street

I kept my ground but I lost the hand

Trying to make a shifting shoreline stand

Oh, let the cold air in

We can't rebuild what we were living in But I will keep

the warmth we made

Even as the final shadows fade

(ooh-ooh-ooh) And I don't regret the things I had to say

Even if they washed the remaining gold away

You can hold your truth and I can hold mine Two parallel

paths that refused to align

Still I hope the road is easy where you go

And the winter wind is gentle with the snow

We found our clarity but kept our grace

No anger left to fill this empty space

Oh, let the cold air in

We can't rebuild what we were living in But I will keep

the warmth we made

Even as the final shadows fade (ooh-ooh-ooh) (hummmm) (ahhhh)