Your Smile

Traffic lights and overdue bills
Coffee gone cold on the windowsill
Another day folded into the last
Running on empty
Running too fast

Five minutes, that's the cure
For everything I can't endure

And then I think of you
Just for a second, just a flash
And the weight I've been carrying
Turns to nothing, turns to ash

Your smile cuts through the static in my head
Louder than everything I dread
One second, that's all it takes
For the whole damn day to break
Your smile, your smile
It's the only light that stays
Your smile, your smile
Coloring all my gray

Fluorescent lights and tired eyes
Another apology, another compromise
I count the hours till I'm home
Just to feel a little less alone
But then you laugh at something small
And I forget the weight of it all

Five minutes, that's the cure
For everything I can't endure

And then I think of you
Just for a second, just a flash
And the weight I've been carrying
Turns to nothing, turns to ash

Your smile cuts through the static in my head
Louder than everything I dread
One second, that's all it takes
For the whole damn day to break
Your smile, your smile
It's the only light that stays
Your smile, your smile
Coloring all my gray

(I carry the world on a cracked spine)
(I carry the noise, I carry the grind)
(But you)
(You I don't have to carry at all)
(You're the reason I don't fall)

One smile
And the noise goes quiet
One smile
And I survive it
One smile
Is all I need
One smile
Sets me free

Your smile cuts through the static in my head
Louder than everything I dread
One second, that's all it takes
For the whole damn day to break
Your smile, your smile
It's the only light that stays
Your smile, your smile
Coloring all my gray

Let the world keep taking its toll
I've still got somewhere to go
As long as I can see that light
I'll survive another fight