The Porch Light Holds

Lyrics

[Verse 1] You left the porch light on again Though nobody was due A chipped blue mug beside the sink Still holding what you knew You said the hard thing plainly Then stayed to hear me out I watched the morning settle in And understood somehow [Chorus] Truth is how you meet the day When no one asks you to The quiet choice, the honest word The promise carried through Not a flag above the doorway Not a name you have to claim Just the way you leave the table And the way you come back changed [Verse 2] You called your sister Sunday After months of letting go You told the clerk the change was wrong And gave back what you owed No grand display, no witness No reason to keep score Just a little less between us Than there was the day before [Chorus] Truth is how you meet the day When no one asks you to The quiet choice, the honest word The promise carried through Not a flag above the doorway Not a name you have to claim Just the way you leave the table And the way you come back changed [Bridge] If I lose the thread tomorrow If the old excuses start Put the chipped blue mug before me Let the simple thing be hard [Final Chorus] Truth is how we meet the day When no one asks us to The quiet choice, the open hand The promise carried through Not a flag above the doorway Not a prize we get to claim Just the way we leave the table And the care with which we change [Outro] The porch light holds till morning The porch light holds till day