[Verse 1]
Melted salt on my boots
Gray on the window pane
You left your scarf by the door
Still smells like yesterday rain
I watch the crow on the fence
It don’t move, it just stays
Like it knows how it feels
To wake up in this place
[Pre-Chorus]
And the house keeps breathing slow
Every room says your name
I try to shake it off
But the cold stays
[Chorus]
Black winter day, black winter day
Hold me up before I break
Black winter day, black winter day
I’m still here, I’m still awake
(black winter day)
(black winter day)
[Verse 2]
Bare hands on the screen door
Frost on the chipped blue glass
Your coffee cup in the sink
And I can’t make time go back
The trees all wear their bones
Like they’re not afraid to show
I stood there in the yard
With nowhere left to go
[Pre-Chorus]
And the sky keeps dragging low
Like it never learned my name
I try to call you back
But the cold stays
[Chorus]
Black winter day, black winter day
Hold me up before I break
Black winter day, black winter day
I’m still here, I’m still awake
(black winter day)
(black winter day)
[Bridge]
If morning comes too slow
I’ll learn to breathe the ache
I’ll leave the porch light on
For whatever still remains
For whatever still remains
[Final Chorus]
Black winter day, black winter day
Hold me up before I break
Black winter day, black winter day
I’m still here, I’m still awake
Black winter day, black winter day
I’ll be warm in my own way
(black winter day)
(black winter day)
