Above the Salt

I've been waiting for a tonic

To blunt the blow of what's been coming

I've made my peace with being honest

Letting you know, letting you know

I tell myself it just felt right

Walking off into the night

If what I'm feeling isn't spite

How could I know? How could I know?

I've found myself above the salt

A better man with better faults

Burning blades of weathered grass

Wringing out my weathered hands

I've been waiting

For someone you won't become

Anticipating

The quiet before the rush

I've been chasing

A feeling that nevеr comes

I've been waiting

For someonе you won't become

I've been sipping gin and tonics

To numb the hits as they keep coming

I hit the floor and you keep running

Don't know how to end or where we started, no

I told myself that we'd grow old

Like purple palms braced for the cold

I tried and tried but I can't let go

It's like I hold on for the principle, hey

I've found myself above the salt

Better 'cause I know my faults

Burning blades of weathered grass

A forest fire from my hands

I've been waiting

For someone you won't become

Anticipating

The quiet before the rush

I've been chasing

A feeling that never comes

I've been waiting

For someone you won't become

Idling on the fringe, staring at the sun

Looking back at where I've been, and how I can become

Water sitting on the skin, sulfur in the cut

Learning how to let it go

Idling on the fringe, staring at the sun

Looking back at where I've been, and how I can become

Water sitting on the skin, sulfur in the cut

Learning how to let it go

I've been waiting

For someone you won't become

Anticipating

The quiet before the rush