Keys I Didn't Keep

These hands are maps of every I paid in grease
And cedar in the choices that I made

I built the roof so high the sky felt small
Now there's nothing but the echoes in the hall

A porch light burning for a ghost who never came
I carved the future, and I forgot my name

Oh, the harvest Moon is cold and the table's wide
With all that love, I have nowhere to hide

I traded every sunrise just to see them bloom
Now I'm just a shadow in an empty room

They sent me pictures of a different kind of life
Far from the friction and the grind of all this strife

They took the keys and they didn't look behind
Leaving all my heavy years for me to find

My spirit's calloused like a wood I used to hear
Now there's nothing left to show for what I do

Oh, the hot Moon is cold and the table's wide
With all that love I had, nowhere to hide

I trained every sunrise just to see them blue
Now I'm just a shadow in an empty room

Hear the thunder in the distance
Hear it coming for my soul

Hear the truth inside the sacrifice
Hear it taking its final toll

Oh, the harvest Moon is cold and the tables were
Now just the shadow in an empty room

Just the, and the dead and the things I didn't say yet