Kept Me Alive

You and I grew up fast in the thick of it
In bad homes with the same old narratives
With loud voices and prescribed medicines
High, we skipped stones, yeah it felt so American

You're so pretty but don't try a little bit
You grew up more and healed better than I ever did
Still, you left the light on for me, I won't forget
Worried sick, knew I was caught in things I shouldn't have been

When it's all lowlights
And my mind's too quiet
You're my one lifeline

You kept me alive, and I mean it
Put your heart on the line when I needed
Somebody pulling me close
Bury my head in your bones
Found me and carried me home
You kept me alive

And that face you give me after I make you laugh
Is enough for me to cry when I'm hanging by a thread
When I hold onto my trauma that's irrelevant
You come behind me and hold me in your arms again

You're beautiful and you don't even act it, no
Like the smell of rain on countryside sediment
Like hollow light through the wintertime weariness
I'm so sorry I dragged you through all my petulance

When it's all lowlights
And my mind's too quiet
You're my one lifeline

You kept me alive, and I mean it
Put your heart on the line when I needed
Somebody pulling me close
Bury my head in your bones
Found me and carried me home
You kept me alive

(You kept me alive)

Somebody pulling me close
Bury my head in your bones
You found me, carried me home

You kept me alive and I mean it
Put your heart on the line when I needed
Somebody pulling me close
Bury my head in your bones
Found me and carried me home
You kept me alive