Backyard Shadows

Lyrics

[Verse]
There’s a shadow in the yard tonight so sly
I swore it limped like a deer in its stride
But when I blinked it wasn’t at all so clear
The punchline twisted into something severe

[Verse 2]
Backyard’s endless or so it seems
A place where tragedy and laughter stream
And when that fire lit too close to home
The ashes whispered tales
Not alone

[Chorus]
Life cracks jokes that make no sense
It’s comedy dressed in dark pretense
The punchlines hit
They’re bitter and dry
But they’re all we’ve got till the day we die

[Verse 3]
The stars are watching
They’ll never blink
The coyote laughs at the edge of the brink
I called it a deer
But laughed through tears
Turns out endings ain’t what they appear

[Bridge]
This backyard feels like a ghost-run maze
Silent applause in the smoky haze
And somehow here where the dark won’t fade
A smirk seems to fit the jokes pain-made

[Chorus]
Life cracks jokes that make no sense
It’s comedy dressed in dark pretense
The punchlines hit
They’re bitter and dry
But they’re all we’ve got till the day we die