A Name I Still Say at Night

There’s a light in the hallway That I forget to turn Like some part of my heart Still waiting for your return Your jacket’s on the railing Where the winter used to bite And I catch myself still whispering Your name at night

The old folks say the dead are gone But the heart don’t listen well

You’re a name I still say at night Like a prayer in the dark Like a match in the wind Trying to hold a spark Every mile I keep walking Every breath that I fight Still carries your memory And a name in the night

The porch boards know your footsteps The gravel knows them too Even the dog still listens For the sound of you And the moon over the pasture Feels colder than before Like the sky itself remembers What it lost in war

Some love don’t fade with time It settles in your bones

You’re a name I still say at night Like a prayer in the dark Like a match in the wind Trying to hold a spark Every mile I keep walking Every breath that I fight Still carries your memory And a name in the night

The Romans carved their heroes Into marble cold and tall But the strongest men I’ve known Never needed stone at all They live inside the silence Inside the tears we hide Inside the quiet whisper Of a name at night

You’re a name I still say at night When the world falls asleep When the road grows quiet And the memories speak And when my boots stop walking And I step from this fight I’ll finally hear you answer My name in the night

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