Letters (Remastered)

[Verse 1] There’s a box in the attic with my name on the side Tied with twine and a ribbon that’s yellowed with time Every page still remembers the weight of my hand But the ink never traveled, the words never ran [Pre-Chorus] I kept them folded in the dark, afraid of the day You might read what I wrote and just turn away [Chorus] I’ve hidden these lines where the daylight won’t go Folded away like a seed I won’t sow But the night feels too heavy to keep it inside So I’m sending one to you tonight [Interlude] (fiddle carries melody, guitar rolls arpeggios, brushed snare faint swish) [Verse 2] I wrote you in winter, I wrote you in June Under lamplight and thunder, by sun and by moon But each time I faltered, let the moment slip by Till your name became a shadow I could never reply [Pre-Chorus] The ink may be faded, the paper may fray But the truth is still sharp in the lines that I lay [Chorus] I’ve hidden these lines where the daylight won’t go Folded away like a seed I won’t sow But the night feels too heavy to keep it inside So I’m sending one to you tonight [Interlude] (fiddle answers guitar in gentle call-and-response) [Bridge] All the words that I buried, they’ve haunted my sleep Like a river that swells with the rains it keeps If the past can be mended with a pen and some thread Then I’ll sew it tonight before the morning turns red [Long Solo] (fiddle leads into high register slides, guitar fingerpicks syncopated triplets, bass walks gently; fiddle and guitar trade melodic lines for full cycle) [Final Chorus] I’ve hidden these lines where the daylight won’t go Folded away like a seed I won’t sow But the night feels too heavy to keep it inside So I’m sending one to you tonight I'm sending one to you tonight [Outro] (guitar slows, bass fades, fiddle holds last drone, final harmony hum)