Canyon Letters: lyrics
- The box was in the attic under heavy dust.
- I found the one I wrote when I was twenty-one.
- I told you that the silence was a kind of wall,
- And I was tired of waiting for the break of dawn.
- I used to think that every word was like a debt,
- A little piece of me you hadn't paid back yet.
- I’m reading all the canyon letters.
- The ink is dry, the air is getting light.
- I’m reading all the canyon letters,
- And I don’t need an answer tonight.
- I don’t need an answer tonight.
- This one here is dated just a year ago.
- I’m asking why you left without a proper word.
- But looking at the paper in the afternoon,
- The questions sound like stories I have already heard.
- It’s funny how the longing starts to disappear,
- When you realize the person isn’t really here.
- I’m reading all the canyon letters.
- The ink is dry, the air is getting light.
- I’m reading all the canyon letters,
- And I don’t need an answer tonight.
- I don’t need an answer tonight.
- The wind is coming through the screen door.
- The sun is dropping down behind the ridge.
- I don’t feel like I’m waiting anymore.
- I think I finally crossed that rusted bridge.
- I’m reading all the canyon letters.
- The ink is dry, the air is getting light.
- I’m reading all the canyon letters,
- And I don’t need an answer tonight.
- I don’t need an answer tonight.